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About SATCD

Who we are

A locally rooted, community-based organisation in Samburu County, Northern Kenya — one of the most climate-vulnerable and underserved regions in the country.

SATCD field work in Samburu County

Our story

Strategic Approaches Towards Community Development (SATCD) was established and legally registered in 2019 in response to the persistent cycle of drought, humanitarian crisis and structural poverty affecting pastoral and agro-pastoral communities. Our mandate is clear: to move communities from recurrent crisis response to anticipatory, resilient and self-sustaining development.

SATCD works as a community resilience systems actor, joining humanitarian response with long-term development through forecast-based programming, early warning systems and locally driven adaptation. Bringing communities to the center of development, where they can anticipate shocks and reduce their impact before they occur.

We believe sustainable change is only possible when communities are the designers and implementers of their own development. Our deeply participatory, locally led model makes sure community knowledge, priorities and lived realities shape everything we do.

By strengthening the connected systems that determine well-being — climate resilience, stable livelihoods, human development and local governance — we work on the root causes of poverty rather than its symptoms, so that vulnerable communities become active agents of resilience and transformation.

Mission, vision and motto

  • Mission

    To build resilient, empowered, and self-reliant communities that can prevent, withstand, and recover from disasters while advancing sustainable livelihoods and inclusive development.

  • Vision

    To be a leading catalyst for resilient, self-reliant, and inclusive communities that proactively manage disasters, adapt to change, and achieve sustainable livelihoods and lasting development.

  • Motto

    Improving Lives

Our approach

How we work

We combine six complementary approaches so every intervention fits its context and includes everyone.

  1. 1

    Needs-based

    We start from the needs communities identify themselves.

  2. 2

    Problem-solving

    We work with communities to find practical solutions to local problems.

  3. 3

    Participatory

    Communities take part in every decision, from planning to evaluation.

  4. 4

    Asset-based

    We build on the skills, knowledge and resources communities already have.

  5. 5

    Rights-based

    We help people claim their rights and hold duty-bearers to account.

  6. 6

    Welfare

    We protect the most vulnerable with direct support when they need it.

Across everything we do

  • Community empowerment

    We strengthen local capacity by equipping communities with skills, knowledge and resources to drive their own development.

  • Partnerships and collaboration

    We work hand-in-hand with governments, NGOs and donors to increase innovation and scale up impact.

  • Education and skills

    We expand opportunities for children and youth through inclusive education and vocational training.

Registration and accountability

  • Registered in 2019

    SATCD was established and legally registered in Kenya in 2019.

  • Registration number

    Registration number: SBU/C/CBO/10574/19. SATCD is registered with the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection.

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