ASAL Humanitarian Network (AHN)

ASAL HUMANITARIAN NETWORK (AHN)

Locally Led Solutions for Resilient ASAL Communities

Transforming Humanitarian and Development Practice Across Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid Lands.

Locally Rooted, Regionally United

The ASAL Humanitarian Network (AHN) is a network of over 30 locally-led organizations advancing humanitarian leadership, development programming, and peacebuilding across Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands. It promotes coordinated action to strengthen locally-driven responses and elevate frontline actors in humanitarian and development systems. Through evidence-based advocacy and collaborative program design, AHN ensures that community voices shape policies and interventions. Institutional capacity strengthening remains a cornerstone of the network’s work, building sustainable service delivery systems and enhancing risk management among member organizations. Tailored, integrated responses address the unique challenges faced in ASAL regions, driving resilience, inclusive growth, and long-term social and economic transformation.

Driving locally-led humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding action across Kenya’s ASAL regions.

Strategic Foundations for Resilient Communities

We anchor our work on four strategic pillars that drive our mission to promote unified, locally-led action and build resilient ASAL communities. Through these pillars, we strengthen the leadership of frontline actors, advance the localization agenda, integrate humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding efforts, and foster innovation and sustainable solutions. Our strategic framework enables us to deliver coordinated, context-specific interventions that address the complex challenges facing ASAL populations and advance inclusive resilience and long-term development.

1. Advocacy and Accountability

We drive policy influence and localization by amplifying community voices, promoting transparency, and strengthening accountability mechanisms across the humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding sectors in ASAL regions.

2. Organizational Capacity Development (OCD)

We strengthen the capabilities of local organizations by investing in operational excellence, leadership skills, and sustainable systems that enable effective humanitarian, development, and peace interventions.

3. Research, Innovation, and Learning

We generate evidence, foster innovation, and advance learning to inform advocacy, strengthen programs, and ensure adaptive, data-driven solutions that respond to emerging needs in ASAL communities.

4. Climate-Resilient HDP Nexus & Partnerships

We integrate humanitarian, development, and peace actions through climate-smart approaches, coordination platforms, and partnerships that build resilience and reduce vulnerabilities across ASAL regions.

Strengthening locally-led humanitarian action, resilience, and development across Kenya’s ASAL regions.

Our Impact in Numbers

The ASAL Humanitarian Network (AHN) drives collective action across Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands through its strong coalition of local organizations. Our numbers reflect the reach, strength, and resilience built through localized leadership, strategic partnerships, and community-driven initiatives. Each figure represents our commitment to advancing sustainable solutions that respond to the unique challenges faced by ASAL communities.

Local and National NGOs strengthening humanitarian and development efforts in ASAL regions.
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Local Women-Led and Women Rights Organizations advancing inclusive leadership.
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Local and National NGOs strengthening humanitarian and development efforts in ASAL regions.
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Donor and International NGO partners supporting resilience and local action.
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ASAL counties represented through localized humanitarian and development leadership.
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Organizations implementing resilience activities to strengthen local humanitarian capacity.
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Collaborating to Strengthen Community-Led Humanitarian and Development Action

Our Partners in Advancing Local Leadership

The ASAL Humanitarian Network (AHN) works with a wide range of strategic donors, funding institutions, and advocacy platforms to advance community-led humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding efforts across Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands. These partnerships mobilize resources, strengthen systems, and amplify the leadership of AHN’s member organizations.
We gratefully acknowledge the commitment and collaboration of our partners who enable locally driven, sustainable impact.