Values
NATURAL STATE aims to remain a small, focused, high-impact organisation with clearly articulated and regularly monitored deliverables.
OUR VALUES
While our mission is first and foremost environmental, we are also deeply committed to social justice
Collaborate with the best-in-class experts
Transparent finances with overheads never more than 15%
Always build capacity where we are working to grow local NGOs and community organizations
Remain below approximately 80 core staff members and outsource where possible to remain agile and efficient
Excel in using teams of collaborators to solve specific challenges
Diverse and highly-skilled team with a minimum of hierarchy
Fail fast, learn fast with a “lean impact” approach
Rigorously measure and report on the impact of all our activities
Focus where we have the potential to be transformative, aiming for truly systemic change
Share our data, technology and findings with local partners
Value and respect all our staff and partners
We are proud to have so many outstanding women in leadership positions at NATURAL STATE. At NATURAL STATE, I feel empowered.
Halima Hassan, Social Impact Lead
Commitment to Empowering Women
We are dedicated to empowering women both within our team, where women constitute a significant portion of our members, and through our Catalyst programme. By providing targeted skills training and by mainstreaming gender equality into our best practices and training material, we enable women to lead and participate effectively in large-scale restoration projects, fostering gender equality and driving sustainable, equitable impact.
Institutional Capacity Building
We work with world leaders in their areas of expertise in Africa and abroad. Our approach is to ensure that knowledge is retained within our team or local partners with every collaboration. We achieve this by ensuring that:
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All foreign researchers or specialists are paired with a Kenyan counterpart.
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All local field researchers who contribute to partner publications are recognised.
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All data collected and/or analysed by partners is made available to NATURAL STATE and our Government partners.
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Visitors with relevant technical skills are asked to spend time building capacity, and in some cases become long-term mentors.