The Naapu Indigenous Women Fund has reached a significant milestone with its first-phase disbursement of grants to Indigenous women-led organizations, groups, and movements—both formal and informal across Kenya. This marks a strategic investment in grassroots women’s leadership and a renewed commitment to supporting locally driven solutions that respond to the lived realities of Indigenous communities.

Central to the Naapu Indigenous Women Fund approach is trust-based philanthropy, which recognizes Indigenous women not simply as recipients of support but as leaders, decision-makers, and agents of change within their own communities. This approach intentionally shifts power to the grassroots, ensuring that funding and support structures are guided by community-defined priorities and lived experiences.

Naapu Fund continues to strengthen the visibility, confidence, and leadership of Indigenous women whose work remains essential in protecting land, culture, livelihoods, and the rights of women and girls. It reinforces a core belief that when Indigenous women are trusted and meaningfully resourced, they generate sustainable and lasting impact that strengthens entire communities.