SNDAfrica

What SNDAfrica does

Strategies for Northern Development (SND), operating as SNDAfrica, is a locally-rooted Kenyan non-governmental organization founded in 2007 and registered with the Kenya NGO Coordination Board. It emerged from the merger of two community-based organizations, Pastoralist Strategies and Rehabilitation Programme (PASREP) and Community Development and Poverty Alleviation Program (CODPAP), founded in 2002 and 2004 respectively. The organization is headquartered in Marsabit, Kenya, with additional offices in Moyale and operations across Southern Ethiopia (Borena and OMO Delta), where it registered as an Agency for Civil Society organization in October 2019. SNDAfrica employs 28 staff and serves nomadic pastoralist communities in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) of Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia.

SNDAfrica's core offering is programmatic service delivery across seven thematic pillars: Peace Building and Governance, Humanitarian Assistance and Emergency Response, Gender/Protection/Social Inclusion, Climate Justice and Resilience, Livelihood and Enterprise Development, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), and Health and Nutrition, plus institutional strengthening. The organization does not sell commercial products and operates no proprietary technology platform; its "technology" footprint is operational field implementation. In 2023 it disbursed over USD 3 million in multi-purpose cash transfers, delivered supplementary feeding to 444,178 individuals, distributed emergency food to 27,553 households, and trucked 800,000 liters of clean water to drought-affected communities.

SNDAfrica is funded entirely through grants from international donors and foundations. Its 20+ active relationships include WFP, USAID-BHA, the European Union, GIZ, Plan International, Terre des Hommes Netherlands, Oxfam, Pact, ACTED, IGAD, the Dutch Relief Alliance, SIDA, DANIDA, UK FCDO, and Australian Aid, among others. It is a member of consortiums including Kenya Cash Consortium, Kenya CWG, and the Dutch Relief Alliance, and implements projects jointly with ACTED and other partners. Go-to-market is community-led and consortium-based rather than commercial: programs are won through donor RFP/tender processes and delivered via direct field implementation, partnerships with county governments (Marsabit, Isiolo, Samburu), and coordination with community-based structures such as Area Advisory Councils.

Name

SNDAfrica

Legal name

Strategies for Northern Development (SND)

Website

https://sndafrica.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Strategies for Northern Development (SNDAfrica) is a 28-employee Kenyan NGO founded in 2007 that delivers humanitarian assistance, food security, WASH, peacebuilding, and livelihoods programming to nomadic pastoralist communities in Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia, funded by 20+ institutional donors.

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Product category

Humanitarian Aid and Development Services

NAICS

Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Rural Livelihoods & Economic Empowerment (BPAGABAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Program & Project Implementation (TA Delivery) (BPADAEAA), Education Access & Quality (International Development) (BPAGABAE), Refugee, Migration & Displacement Support (BPAGABAH), Infrastructure, Housing & Community Development (BPAGABAL)

Keywords

• Humanitarian assistance
• Pastoralist development
• Drought response programs
• Food security initiatives
• Peace building services

Headquarters

HQ city

Marsabit

HQ country

Kenya

HQ region

Africa

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Grant Funding and Donor Support: SND operates as a non-governmental organization funded primarily through grants and donations from international development agencies, governments, foundations, and multilateral organizations. Major donors include WFP, USAID, EU, GIZ, and various private foundations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Strategies for Northern Development (SNDAfrica) is a local non-governmental organization that delivers humanitarian and development programming to nomadic pastoralist communities in Northern Kenya (Marsabit, Isiolo, Samburu counties) and Southern Ethiopia (Borena zone, OMO Delta). Core service offerings include Multi-Purpose Cash Transfers, emergency food distribution, supplementary feeding, water trucking, peace building, child protection, WASH services, livelihood development, and gender-based violence prevention. Programming is funded by grants from institutional donors and delivered through direct field operations, consortium partnerships, and government coordination.

Product overview

Strategies for Northern Development (SND) is a local non-governmental organization (NGO), not a technology company. SND operates as a humanitarian and development organization offering programmatic interventions rather than commercial products or services. The organization works across seven thematic programmatic areas: Peace Building and Governance, Humanitarian Assistance and Emergency Response, Protection/Gender Equality/Social Inclusion, Climate Justice and Resilience, Livelihood and Enterprise Development, Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), and Institutional Effectiveness and Sustainability. SND also implements child protection and education programs and food security initiatives. These programs represent service delivery and development interventions, not technology products or software offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Humanitarian Assistance and Emergency Response Multi-Purpose Cash Transfers (MPCA), emergency food distribution, supplementary feeding for children under five and pregnant women, and water trucking delivered to drought-affected pastoralist households in Marsabit, Isiolo, and Samburu counties and Southern Ethiopia.
• Food Security, Sustainable Livelihoods and Resilience Food security and sustainable livelihood programming including the Sustainable Food Systems programme, boosting food security, resilience, and economic independence for pastoralist households facing climate and market shocks.
• Peace Building and Governance Peace building and governance programming that strengthens social contracts and reinforces grassroots peace infrastructure in pastoralist and cross-border communities, including cross-border trade support and resource management.
• Child Protection and Education Child protection programming including elimination of child trafficking and unsafe migration, delivered in partnership with Terre des Hommes Netherlands, Plan International, and ANPPCAN.
• Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Water, Sanitation and Hygiene services including water trucking, access to affordable quality reproductive, maternal and neonatal health care, and sanitation infrastructure for pastoralist communities.
• Gender, Protection and Inclusion Gender-based violence prevention, women's rights, sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), and inclusion programming ensuring everyone has a voice, protection, and opportunity to thrive.
• Livelihood and Enterprise Development Livelihood and enterprise development programming for pastoralist households, delivered in partnership with Pact and other development partners to build economic alternatives beyond subsistence pastoralism.
• Climate Justice and Resilience Climate justice and resilience programming that supports adaptation and anticipatory action in ASAL communities, including biodiversity and traditional livelihoods support delivered with Christensen Fund and Pawanka Fund.
• Institutional Effectiveness and Localisation Organizational capacity development, governance strengthening, and institutional sustainability programming, including partnership with Pact for organizational capacity development and with MannionDaniels for fund management.
• Kenya Cash Consortium Cash Transfer Programming Multi-purpose cash assistance delivered through consortium partnership, providing drought-affected pastoralist households with monthly cash transfers to meet basic needs and invest in sustainable livelihoods.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1 million people reached through programs
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core and secondary.

• World Food Programme (WFP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2007Long-standing partnership for food security and emergency food distribution programs. WFP has funded emergency food distributions reaching over 36,000 households and supplementary feeding programs benefiting hundreds of thousands of beneficiaries in Marsabit, Isiolo, and Samburu counties.
• GIZ (German Development Cooperation)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerImplementing partner for African Union Border Programme (AUBP) supporting informal women cross-border traders in Moyale Kenya-Ethiopia Borderlands. Also partners through BMZ funding.
• Plan InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for gender-based violence programming including 16 Days of Activism campaigns and child protection initiatives in Northern Kenya.
• Terre des Hommes Netherlands (TdH NL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for child protection programs including elimination of child trafficking and unsafe migration. Three-year project launched in 2023 targeting Northern Kenya communities.
• OxfamsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerDevelopment partner for humanitarian and development programming in ASAL regions.
• PactsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for organizational capacity development and livelihood programs.
• ACTEDcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerImplementing partner in Kenya Cash Consortium for cash transfer programming in Marsabit County. Joint implementation of EU-funded drought response programs.
• Dutch Relief AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMembership in consortium receiving funding from Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Ethiopian Joint Response (EJR) Project in Southern Ethiopia.
• Amref Health AfricasecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for health programming and health systems strengthening.
• World Vision InternationalsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for humanitarian response and community development programs.
• IGAD (Intergovernmental Authority on Development)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional intergovernmental organization partnership for cross-border peace and development initiatives in Eastern Africa.
• DRC (Danish Refugee Council)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for humanitarian response and displacement programs.
• Dorcas Aid InternationalsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for humanitarian and development programming.
• Life & Peace InstitutesecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for peacebuilding and conflict resolution programming.
• MannionDanielssecondaryImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDevelopment consultancy managing AmplifyChange fund and other programs.
• ANPPCAN (African Network on Child Prevention and Response to Abuse)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerChild protection network partnership for child rights programming.
• UNDPsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for democratic governance projects, including early partnership in 2010 for Democratic Governance Project in Marsabit County.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• ACTED: Implementing partner with whom SND jointly delivers Kenya Cash Consortium programming in Marsabit County; both organizations operate in the same drought-response ecosystem and have direct working relationship.
• Danish Refugee Council (DRC): Documented SND partner delivering humanitarian response and displacement programs in the same geographies; comparable operational model focused on cross-border and pastoralist vulnerabilities.
• PACIDA (Pastoralist Community Initiative and Development Action): Local NGO focused on pastoralist community empowerment, food security, and livelihoods in Northern Kenya — directly comparable to SND on geography, target population, and programmatic areas.
• Relief International: Humanitarian organization delivering cash transfers, food security, and WASH in Kenya's ASAL counties — operates at similar organizational scale and programmatic intensity to SND.

Broad incumbents

• Oxfam Kenya: International NGO with significant ASAL programming in Kenya, including pastoralist livelihoods and humanitarian response — operates broadly across the same thematic areas as SND but at much larger scale.
• Concern Worldwide Kenya: International humanitarian organization with livelihoods, food security, and emergency response programming in Northern Kenya — comparable donor base and beneficiary focus on pastoralist and drought-affected communities.
• Mercy Corps: Global humanitarian organization with pastoralist and ASAL programming in Kenya and Ethiopia — overlapping donor base (WFP, USAID) and similar focus on resilience, cash transfers, and livelihoods.
• CARE International Kenya: International humanitarian organization with established programming in Northern Kenya on food security, women's empowerment, and climate resilience — directly comparable programmatic portfolio.
• World Vision Kenya: Large INGO active in Marsabit, Samburu, and Isiolo counties on child protection, food security, and WASH — overlapping geographic and programmatic focus with SND.
• Save the Children Kenya: Major INGO with child protection and education programming across Northern Kenya counties — directly comparable to SND's child protection pillar and overlapping geographic footprint.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SNDAfrica
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCXQtt-Jj6872T9n7WN0LD9g
• Facebookfacebook.com/SNDAfrica
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/strategies-for-northern-development

Compliance1 record

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