Action for Research and Development (AFORD) is an indigenous Kenyan NGO that support and strengthens the participation and support of people’s economic empowerment, leadership, health and rights. Our work is anchored on people’s centred design in which we work with communities to design social products and services. These products and services are then sustained by the communities themselves.
Founded in 2009 as a research and evaluation of health programmes in Kenya. The organization has then grown as a premier institution in Kenya.
To contribute to development, health and well-being of communities through interventions that reduces vulnerability and improve quality of life.
We deliver services at community level where we work with community members in addressing their own health, livelihoods problems and rights through an integrated, replicable and sustainable approaches.
AFORD envisions healthy and prosperous communities.
AFORD has a strong governance structure to ensure accountability in all its work. The governance structure is a two tier structure that involves The Board of Directors, which is appointed to provide strategic and functional levels of AFORD's operations, and the Management Team who manage day to day operations of AFORD.