About Us

Wagai Environmental Science & Development Programme (WESDEP) is a Nonprofit (NGO) in Kenya which was founded in 2015 and was legally registered under NGO’s Board regulations in the year 2016. WESDEP was established to support the communities locally, in getting new skills in adapting to the present climate change challenges. We support sustainable environmental impact initiatives through capacity building and training local populations on best conservation approaches.

The main thrust of WESDEP’s vision “Flourishing and resilient communities” is guided by four key and interrelated elements – shifting of the power to communities, enabling prosperity, strengthening a culture of working together and enabling communities to hold decision-makers accountable. In many ways, this vision is also informed by both our past and future.

In the last Four years, WESDEP’s work has been singularly focused on building on its tradition of community Environmental conservation, hygiene and sanitation, recognizing that many community partners in western Kenya  have mobilized their own resources to leverage what  local governments and other stakeholders give and to ensure things they care about( climate change) is  addressed.

In our Strategic Plan (2024-2030), WESDEP builds on its key foundations of past successes of enhancing organized community-led initiatives to create firm foundations for social justice and sustainable development, while learning from what did not work in the past. This plan has also been informed by a core question in WESDEP’s operating environment that routinely affects and impacts its work such as emerging development trends external to Wesdep that can shape its thinking about its future.

In this respect, WESDEP has analyzed a variety of development drivers such as the economy, poverty and exclusion, climate change, the impact of solid waste management sectors, youth and   employment.

At the organizational level, WESDEP has considered the many improvements that have been made during the previous planning period, even as WESDEP  seeks to lift its performance and ensure that it is ‘fit for purpose’ in the current development environment.  Our plan recognizes that the remaining gaps in performance will need to be addressed with more discipline, tenacity and openness to further innovation.

Implementation of the recommendations from the evaluation of the previous plan, together with the directions outlined in this plan will require ongoing, including structural changes for WESDEP to deliver effectively, responsively and with greater cost efficiency. WESDEP’s proposed approach has been captured through a number of elements that, together, reflect an organizational structure and financing arrangements that provide incentives to increase both the quality and quantity of programme delivery at all levels in adapting to the present climate change.

The strategy, although structured in distinct thematic areas of focus, looks at addressing development challenges in an integrated and holistic manner while appreciating that communities of Siaya county face multiple and often intersecting challenges.