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Asegis Environment Protection Organization-popularly referred as Asegis; is community based organization based in Lodwar and with satellite office in Kakuma. It is legally registered with the Ministry of Labour and Social Security Reg. No. DGSD//TRKC/CBO/9939 and It is an affiliate of Turkana Natural Resources Governance-Hub[1]. The organization advocates for a clean environment through the platform of Waste management, Water and Sanitation-through community driven initiatives. “Asegis” is a Turkana word meaning-“clean or scaling the hygiene standards”




Our Vision: A clean and healthy environment for all
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Our Mission: Working to promote healthy environment for healthy communities”

Major objective:The organization’s overall objective is to advocate for clean environment and promote sustainable utilization, management and conservation of environment for sustainable development.

Specific Objectives: to mobilize community and organize outreaches for environmental activities; to lead campaigns on HIV/AIDS, Covid-19 ; to share knowledge on good hygiene practices and wastes source reduction, prevention and environmental conservation.

Community Strategies

We reach out to communities for health promotion and disease prevention advocacy programs to improve health at every stage of life. To achieve this, we use Health Communication, Health Education, Policies through local systems and avenues as strategies for integrating health promotion and disease prevention perspectives into everyday practice.

Environmental Governance

Community for Development is Key for Management of natural resources. We engage and involve Community in decision-making in the management for sustainable and utilization of resources from the environment. We empower the locals with necessary tools in order to hold leaders accountable and Transparent in resources allocation for sustainable development.

Advocacy

We conduct social advocacy for behavior change in the community aims to influence decisions within political, economic, and social institutions. We work with individuals or organization including media campaigns, public speaking, commissioning and publishing research.

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