18 Jun '07
Ogiek Elder Murdered
18 Jun '07
Ogiek Elder Murdered
21 May '07
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
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Physical Location
HUGAFO Secretariat,
Indigenous Information Networks Offices,
Apartment No. 28,
Duplex Apartments,
Upper Hill/Lower Hill Road,
Off Bunyala Road,
Nairobi.
Postal Adress,
Po Box 74908 - 00200,
Nairobi, Kenya
Contact Person,
Kanyinke Sena,
Coordinator,
Tel: + 254 725 288402
Email: kanyinke@yahoo.com
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| Elmolo Peoples development Organization |
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Contact: Christina Saiti |
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Telephone: 0722662798 |
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Email: clouwa@yahoo.com |
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Postal Address:
Box 19087
Nairobi 1
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| Hadzabe Programme |
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Addresses human rights viloations against the Hadzabe community of Tanzania |
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Contact: Gonga Petro |
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Postal Address:
P.o Box 116,
Mbula Arusha,
Tanzania
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| Ogeik Welfare Council |
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A welfare association of Ogiek people. It is based in Nakuru. |
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Contact: Kimaiyo Towett |
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Email: ogieknet@multitechweb.com |
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| Ogiek Peoples Development Programmes |
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Ogiek Peoples Development Program (OPDP)
P.O. BOX 424-20115 Egerton, KENYA
Tel: +254 722 433 757 Cells: +254 721 602 573
Nyamakoroto House, 2nd Floor, Room 210
Biashara Street, Nakuru, Email: opdp2001@yahoo.com
www.forestguardian.net/ www.ogiek.org/
Organizational Profile
January 2007
1.0 Background information
The Ogiek Peoples Development Program (OPDP) was founded in 1999, and registered as a non-governmental Organisation in 2001. It was formed by typical Ogiek elders, opinion leaders, farmers and professionals after long land historical injustices that deprived Ogiek community of its rights as Kenyan citizen. Its aim is to promote and protect Ogiek culture, land, language, environment, and human rights. It is based in Nakuru town and operates in three main districts inhabited by this community namely: - Nakuru, Mt. Elgon and Narok.
Ogiek means ‘ caretaker of all’ of plants and animals, or scientifically the flora and fauna. The Maasai nicknamed them “ iltorobo” that meant a poor person without herds of cattle. They are a hunter gatherer group and solely depend on the forest for food, medicine, shelter and preservation of their culture. Ogiek being foresters and conservators of nature, they are found in places where tress, birds and wild animals provides them with psycholgical confort. Ogiek population is being estimated to be approximately 20,000 people, though no exact census have been done clearly targeting this endangered community. Majority of its members live in Mau forest, in the great Rift Valley Province. Due to their small in number, the Ogiek have been an easy target for all kinds of frustrations including those seeking land on which to farm or graze.
Ogiek are the only remaining with largest group among the other hunter gatherer in East Africa. For almost 40 years now, the sporadic displacement of the Ogiek (derogatively referred as Dorobo) has undertaken significant toll on its youth. A generation of youth has been born in this problem that has continue to negotiate elusive solutions e.g. relocation of the Ogiek to non-forest reserves and the commission of enquiring into the land law systems in Kenya (for instance the Njonjo and Ndungu land commissions respectively), besides the formulation of National Land policy.
The Ogiek continue to be denied security, education, employment and opportunity to grow into productive citizens. It is therefore improper to deny people access to her only source of livelihoods. It is also emerges with clarity that the Ogiek live in a different unique time frame with traditional legal provisions that obviously lack integration with the British law that Kenya government subscribes to. This eliminates the fact that the Ogiek require to be understood and be integrated in the national laws.
For over the year’s hunter Gathering has been a neglected sector and it has been regarded as an unsustainable and primitive/backward lifestyle. This led to social and policy exclusion of the Ogiek community in decision making process that led to continued marginalization of the society in national policy formulation/making process and spheres of development. Poor infrastructure, poverty, insecurity, lack of market, inadequate social facilities and information and low levels of participation in the formal education systems and poor performance characterize Ogiek inhibited areas and these conditions contribute to extreme levels of poverty among the community. These areas includes; Mt. Elgon, Nakuru, Koibatek, and Narok districts.
OPDP was founded so as to provide a springboard from which Ogiek community can take a lead role in articulating and advancing their developments, aspirations, priorities and social needs and constantly engaging the government and other shareholders on these issues.
3.0 Vision
The OPDP endeavors to create and environment of tranquility upon which human life and nature prospers for posterity
3.1 Mission.
“The OPDP is dedicated to the Ogiek culture, Protection of nature and the improvement of socio-economic opportunities by way of building the synergies of the Ogiek youth and women through education. O.P.D.P gives attention to the special needs of persons with disability, the youth, the elderly, social justice, peace, family stability and food security. Its pioneer project area covers all Ogiek inhabited areas”.
3.2 GOALS
3.2.1 .Advocate and lobby on Ogiek issues at all levels i.e. local, national regional and international.
Broad activities under 3.2.1:
• Advance and lobby for policies, laws and practices that advance the course/ position of Ogiek and hunter gatherers development
• To strengthen the institutional capacity of Ogiek peoples organization for effective advocacy and development.
3.2.2: Coordinate learning and sharing of knowledge skills and experiences between and among Ogiek’s organizations and key stakeholders through:
Broad activities
• Working with Ogiek community and hunter gatherers organizations in facilitating conflict management in order to create a condusive environment for sustainable development for hunter gatherers areas
• Dissemination of information and facilitate research on issues related to Ogiek development
• Facilitate linkage between Ogiek and OPDP organization and donors or other sources of funding
• Establish a census for all the Ogiek population in their inhibited areas
3.2.3: To enhance gender equity/parity in all aspects of Ogiek coomunity development including access, ownership/ inheritance through:
Broad activities
• Promotion of research in gender
• Promoting integration of gender in decision making process
• Gender mainstreaming
4.0 OPDP governance
OPDP has a constitution that provides for the:
4.1 Annual General Assembly
This is where OPDP and its Board members meet with the community trustees and provide a report of its performance. The AGA gives members the opportunity to influence the direction and mandate of OPDP. It is the source of the OPDP legitimacy as the members elect or rejects non-performing members of the board.
4.2 Management Board
OPDP has 10 Board members being representatives from every Clan and it’s composed of regional balance. All the elected representatives must be confirmed by the Annual General Assembly.
4.3 SECRETARIAT
The OPDP has a functional/operational secretariat based in Nakuru. The secretariat is headed and managed by Executive Chairman. In the office are Program Officer, Accountant, Field Officers and a Secretary.
5.0 Partners
At the moment the network is partnering with: NCIV, UNDESA, MRG, SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL,
The partnership support is as tabulated below:
Organization Type of support/partnership
NCIV Collaboration • Support to the legal cases, funding Kshs. 357,000
• Support office equipments Kshs. 150,000
UNDESA • Institutional and administrative support
• Capacity building on youth, women and opinion leaders
• Funding Kshs.700,000 for one year
SURIVAL INTERNATIONAL • Supported exchange visit to the Bushmen Kshs.269,000
• Supported air ticket to attend Bushmen court case Kshs.82,000
SYLVIE TARGAMA • Supported a one day medical camp at Kshs. 20,000
• Donated drugs
ARID and SEMI ARID INSTITUTE • Supported the facilitation of the meeting between the Ogiek and the Special Rapportour visit to Mau Forest at Kshs. 40,000
Other partners • Efforts are being pursued to engage them and explore areas of possible collaboration
7.0 Activities
The following are what we have managed to accomplish, current activities and priority needs for smooth running of the network:
Past activities Current activities
Priority need
• Participated in the National Constitutional conference
• Civic Education on Proposed New Constitution
• Cultural Exhibitions
• Medical Camps
• Legal cases
• Bee Keeping and honey marketing
• Establishment of OPDP partners for new activities
• Resource mobilization.
• Networking and partnership building
• Marketing OPDP.
• Organizational Internal Assessment.
• Development of Strategic Plan.
• Girl child education in Mau forest.
• Institutional / organizational capacity development.
• Networking and partnership building with like minded organization for efficient service delivery.
• Resource Mobilization.
• Exchange visits to learn best practices that strengthen sustainable hunter gatherer livelihoods and network management.
• Resource centre and census on Ogiek population, coordination and exchange of information.
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Contact: Daniel Kobei or Kiplangat Cheruyot |
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Telephone: +254 722433757 / +254 721602573 |
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Email: opdp2001@yahoo.com / africanogiek@gmail.com |
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Postal Address:
Po Box 424 - 20115,
Egerton,
Nakuru | Physical Address:
Nyamakoroto House,
2nd Floor, Room 210
Biashara Street,
Nakuru |
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| Orip Ogiek Rural integral Projects |
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Contact: Charles Saina |
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Telephone: Phone 254-305-23199/23206 / Cell phone: 0722-316256 |
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Email: sainasena@yahoo.com |
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Postal Address:
Maa Towers
PoBox 741
Narok
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| SENGWER INDIGENOUS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT |
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Contact: David Yator Kiptum |
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Telephone: Mobile tel: 254 721 484 279; 254 734 689958 |
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Email: sengwer.idp@multitechweb.com |
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Postal Address:
P.O. Box 3894,
Kitale 30200
Kenya
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| Yiaku Peoples Association |
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THE YIAKU PEOPLE
The Yiaku speakers are forest dwelling ethnic minority residing in the Mukogodo forest in north east of Laikipia district. For many years, the Yiaku have remained unknown to the outside world, relatively due to small number, and lack of cultural documentation, which includes language, values, beliefs, taboos and myths to ensure continuity of people’s culture. The Yiaku talk the Maa language though they have their original mother tongue, which has less than 20 speakers. They have adopted Maa from their populous Maasai neighbours through many years of assimilation. The Maasai are of Nilotic origin while the Yiaku are Cushitic. According to UNESCO’s Red Book on extinct languages, Yiaku language is categorized as extinct. Only less than 4,000 people identify themselves as Yiaku speakers. For lack of livestock, the Maasai branded Yiaku as ‘Iltorobo’ meaning poor people.
Yiaku people’s organization was registered in April 2003 under the Ministry of Social Services Culture and National Heritage as a community based organization Certificate No.1596
VISION
Yiaku envision a society without any discrimination, biasness or prejudice regardless of culture, race, gender and/or tribe.
MISSION STATEMENT
Strive to realize sustainable livelihoods through efficient and effective resource management and broadening equal democratic space participation all persons.
OBJECTIVES
1. To document and restore Yakunte language.
2. To protect and preserve Mukogodo forest our traditional home and main source and sustenance of our livelihood
3. To preserve and practice our traditional culture that is enshrined in the trees, waters, animals, hills and forests of Mukogodo.
4. To build the capacity of the community members to realize their rights of self-determination.
5. To increase awareness on the international human rights and how they can be applied locally to benefit indigenous people
6. To enhance the economic potential of members by promoting access to financial services and
7. To implementation of innovative investment projects e.g. eco-tourism that target to empower women economically, socially and politically.
8. To lobby and collaborate with relevant institutions of governance for equitable provisions of essential services in the community.
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Contact: Jennifer Koinante |
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Telephone: +254 722733412 |
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Email: koinante6@yahoo.com |
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Postal Address:
Yiaku People’s Organization,
East Africa Secretariat Rep. IPACC,
Po box 947-10400,
Nanyuki, Kenya.
Tel +2546232238,
Cell +254722733412
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