Friends of Lake Turkana (FoLT) is a grassroots organisation that works with and on behalf of communities within the greater Turkana basin to demand collective social, economic, cultural, environmental, and territorial justice. With a mission to foster indigenous communities’ participation to achieve social, economic, and environmental justice, FoLT envisions secured territories, empowered communities, and sustainable resource governance in the greater Turkana Basin. FoLT is a women-led indigenous organisation that is part of the community, building on formal and informal structures within the community as a bottom-up approach to collective efforts and building solidarity while addressing local issues.

The exclusion of indigenous women in decision-making spaces results in the denial of the womens’ and communities real needs. The project seeks to strengthen the inclusion of indigenous women in county participatory budgeting and political process and enhance their voice and actions in demanding respect of their rights, particularly the right to participation and representation within the political process that is respectful of their gender identity. FoLT hopes to see a collaborative environment where indigenous women feel comfortable engaging in public spaces resulting in their increased participation in organising around budgeting, local assemblies, political engagements, and collectively holding to account, increased participation of young indigenous women in decision making spaces and political parties and a better understanding of gender-based budgeting, especially by the women, county executive, and assembly.