At the Koyta Hope & Rift Initiative, we are committed to breaking the cycle of poverty in rural communities through sustainable development and local entrepreneurship. We work in true partnership with families and villages to strengthen small businesses, revitalize agriculture, and build essential services that deliver lasting, measurable impact.

We believe every person deserves a life of dignity, one where basic needs are met, opportunities are real, and futures are self-determined. Our work is grounded in this conviction: access to clean water, nutritious food, proper sanitation, and education is not charity; it is the foundation of stability, resilience, and hope.

Our approach is holistic and community-led. We invest in:

Clean water systems that transform daily life and health

Community-based farming that increases food security and resilience

Improved sanitation for safer, healthier villages

Basic digital education to open doors in a connected world

Entrepreneurial micro-investments that spark small businesses and economic independence

Through these efforts, we empower families to build resilient livelihoods, care for their children, and contribute to thriving local economies. The people we serve are not seeking handouts or pity; they are ready for a hand up: the tools, knowledge, and resources to feed, clothe, and provide for their families, and to pay opportunity forward within their communities.

Together with our dedicated team, committed volunteers, and generous donors, we shall rise again, side by side, building a future where hope endures and self-reliance takes root.

Join us. Together, we turn belief into action and potential into lasting progress.

We believe meaningful change is not achieved through scattered intervention, but through focused, rooted transformation. For this reason, Koyta Hope & Rift Initiative commits its work to one people and one place—walking alongside Kipsigis communities as they rebuild livelihoods, restore dignity, and reclaim opportunity on their own land.

Our vision grows outward with intention: from one person to one family, from one family to one village, and from one village to an interconnected network of thriving communities across Kericho County. Each village is supported until it becomes stable, self-sufficient, and locally owned—never rushed, never abandoned halfway. Only then do we move to the next nearest community, carrying lessons learned, local leadership, and proven systems forward.

At the heart of this vision is cooperative strength. Through community-owned farming cooperatives, shared infrastructure, and local enterprise, villages gain food security, economic resilience, and collective bargaining power. As cooperatives grow in number and scale, they form networks that unlock preferred market access, stronger pricing, and long-term sustainability—ensuring prosperity is not isolated, but shared.

This is not charity. It is restoration. The families we serve are not asking for handouts, but for a fair opportunity to provide for themselves, care for their children, and contribute to their neighbours. Our role is to walk beside them with the tools, resources, and partnership needed to turn effort into lasting independence.

We envision a future where every village stands as a living testimony to Kimátet, to rise again together is to believe again until the hills and valleys of Kericho County reflect a people renewed, united, and thriving.

We envision a restored and self-reliant Kipsigis community, growing outward with purpose, one person, one village, one cooperative at a time, until all of Kericho County stands united in dignity, opportunity, and shared prosperity.