“HSHC aims to contribute to improved quality of life of forests-adjacent communities in Kenya through facilitation of innovative economic opportunities in sustainable agriculture and natural resource utilisation.”
 
 
  Our Partners  
   
 

HSHC believes that by directly engaging in the development process through strategic partnership, our impact on poverty reduction and environmental protection will be realized more quickly and on greater scale. For this, HSHC has chosen to engage in development around partnership.
In its 15 years existence, HSHC has been kindly supported by many partners, which include (donor) organisations, fellow NGO’s, government institutes, universities and colleges, companies and individuals. Without our partners we would not have been able to achieve as much as we did.
The areas of cooperation vary from financial support, to sharing of knowledge and skills to partnering in HSHC’s income-generating activities.
Please contact us if you are interested in cooperating with HSHC.

Current partners

  ICCO, the Netherlands .
ICCO is HSHC's main funding partner since 1995. The organisation has not only financed many of our programmes, it has also strengthened HSHC with valuable advice and other non-financial support.
 
  PACT Kenya , Kenya
HSHC is part of PACT Kenya 's programme for Civil Society Strengthening. Apart from funding a project focused on the sustainable extraction of non-wood forest products, PACT supports the organisation through a staff-training programme.
 
  VSO Jitolee , Kenya
VSO has funded the attachment of an Organisational Capacity Builder to HSHC who will support the organisation for a period of 18 months.
 
  Solarix, the Netherlands
Solarix, an established company in bio-diesel production, is HSHC's partner in our Kenya Eco-Energy project.
 
  Stop Aids Now!
Stop Aids Now supports a project concerning property rights and succession planning for households affected by HIV / Aids.
 
  Waterman Foundation
In partnership with the Waterman Foundation (The Netherlands) and ISCOM, HSHC is developing a water harvesting and management project. A feasibility study has been conducted already.
     
  ISCOM
ISCOM is involved in the marketing development of the water harvesting project (see above at Waterman Foundation)
 
  Kenya School Project
The KSP has supported HSHC in various activities including co-funding the Enterprise Development Centre, school support and is a partner in the Kenya Eco-Energy project.
 
  Kenya Forest Working Group
The KWFG is partnering with HSHC in the establishment of the Forest Management Plans in the Mt. Kenya region.
 
  Kenya Forest Services
Also KFS supported the development of Forest Management Plans (see above at KFWG).
 
  Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
(JKUAT)

Help Self Help Centre cooperates with JKUAT in an effort to coordinate complementary natural resource management programmes and activities. To this end the 2 organisations undertake common research and development projects, exchange information including technical backstopping and attachment of students to HSHC. In the future, HSHC and JKUAT are also planning to develop and implement common projects which will benefit from the state of the art technology from the university and the practical work experience of HSHC.
 
  Community Development Trust Fund (CDTF)
Community Development Trust Fund is a Kenyan fund supported by the Royal Danish Embassy (DANIDA/ SIDA). CDTF has funded two projects focused on Natural Resource Management.
 

Previous partners:
•  WorkAid , UK
•  UNDP
•  USAID
•  GTZ – GATE
•  IPIGRI
•  ICRAF
•  ICIPP