Over the past weeks, SCN Kenya has been buzzing with activity — from our Open Day and annual meeting to a leadership week for NGO managers and a hands-on engagement with more than 30 volunteers and partners from Ireland. These moments were shared widely through Kenyan TV and newspaper coverage.
The outcome of all these efforts since 2022 have been clear and corresponds to our overall goal: Collaboration drives systemic change.
Going Beyond Projects — Building Systems of Change
Across Kenya, many organizations create impact. Yet SCN Kenya goes further.
We don’t focus on single, isolated projects. Instead, we build systems of change in defined regions — a network of networks — and act as the architectural layer that connects, strengthens, and sustains them.
This architecture operates in two complementary ways:
A) Local Leadership, Shared Action
Our SCN Directors are, first and foremost, leaders of local NGOs with a social entrepreneurial mindset. They implement practical solutions within their organizations and actively collaborate with one another across Kenya.
B) Systemic Design for Sustainable Impact
In their SCN role, these same Directors step beyond implementation. They analyze what kind of change architecture is needed locally — ensuring that every initiative is deeply rooted in community realities.
From there, they work to build partnerships across sectors — connecting NGOs, companies, academia, and institutions nationally and internationally. Their goal: to introduce the right solutions, at the right time, and in the right sequence — shaping the bigger picture of what a resilient region needs.
A Network That Thinks and Acts Systemically
In short, SCN Kenya brings together multiple approaches so that individual efforts become part of a larger, interconnected puzzle of systemic change.
💡 Our approach focuses on SDG 17 to enable other SDGs. It includes:
Building multi-stakeholder partnerships between NGOs, companies, academia, and local institutions. Being locally rooted and boldly systemic, scaling change through shared learning. Acting holistically across health, water, education, income, and mindset. Being business-minded for social good, turning community actors into sustainable changemakers. Using network analysis tools to measure how we connect and contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Creating a network-of-networks movement that grows from the ground up — from the communities themselves.
Scaling the Model — Together
We’re now expanding the SCN model — this architectural layer of collaboration — to connect local action, systemic innovation, and international project-driven support in other countries.
To grow this bridge-building approach, we’re looking for strong, purpose-driven partners who believe that real impact is collective, not isolated.
👉 Interested in experiencing this model or supporting its expansion? We offer exposure opportunities onsite and look for investors who would support us with 10-20 k EUR
Let’s connect and co-create systemic change:
Go Kenya, go future! 