Yiaku Laikipiak Trust (YLT) is a women led community based organization whose priority is women empowerment, preservation of Yiaku language and  culture and Protection of Mukogodo Forest, Laikipia County, Kenya. Yiaku works in collaboration with over 8 women groups around the Mukogodo region and other community members and institutions. They envision a world where the rights of indigenous minority communities are respected and their culture and environment is preserved for posterity; a society where all are equal and part of decision making and resource sharing.
The organization’s mission is to create an enabling environment for the enjoyment of the fundamental rights of the Yiaku youth, women and children through their respective groups through capacity building activities, networking and advocacy ensuring culturally appropriate development in tandem with their customs and beliefs; hence improved livelihood by 2024.

The government of Kenya enacted the Community Land Act 2016 to address the issue of community land by delegating the registration process to the Office of the Community Land Registrar. This project will facilitate the registration process of the Yiaku land to ensure the Yiaku indigenous people have a title deed to influence full control of their land and initiatives to conserve and maintain the biodiversity, livelihood, culture, history and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) that is deeply rooted in their habitat; the Mukogodo forest.
With the huge gap of information which Yiaku wishes to address by holding community meetings and working with the group ranch officials to ensure that the Yiaku land is recognized and registered. Community members will also be educated on Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) which is a strategy to ensure that no external entities will use or gain benefit of the resources belonging to the Yiaku without their consent. To further archive the territory and biodiversity of the Mukogodo forest, Yiaku will use Geographic Information System (GIS)and drone mapping to show the boundaries, topography, biodiversity, indigenous plants, caves, sacred sites and shrines of the Yiaku people to prove the ancient connection of the Yiakuto the forest which is approximately 74,000 acres.