About Us
Our Organization
SOMIRENEC Founder Rev. Prof. Francesco Pierli – Mccj (on the left) with Cardinal Peter Turkson, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development One, when he paid a courtesy call to SOMIRENEC offices
SOMIRENEC is a registered Non – Governmental Organization (NGO) under Section 10 of the NGO Act, Laws of Kenya (1990). The organization aims at providing both educational and developmental outreach platforms for spearheading knowledge and skills to the communities and transforming them into sustainable livelihood initiatives through research and networking. SOMIRENEC is governed by a Board of Trustees (BOT). The management team is responsible for the daily running and administration of the organization. These structures provide essential oversight and proper use of all its resources and programmes including policy direction.
SOMIRENEC envisages Africans; children, men, women and youth without any form of discrimination and becoming protagonists of their own history and subjects of their own destiny based on the Constitution of Kenya 2010, Vision 2030 and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Since 1999 SOMIRENEC has lived to its mission through implementation of sustainable development programmes.
our mission
our Vision
our Mandate
Transforming people capacities and capabilities using available resources to grow sustainable livelihoods.
Core Values
- Human dignity and respect of life.
- Integrity, accountability and transparency.
- Inclusivity for the common good.
Objectives
- To collaborate and network with institutions and organisations in promoting social enterprises.
- To conduct community-centred action research and networking and information dissemination for transformed sustainable communities.
- Mobilize resources for promoting sustainable livelihoods, social justice, human rights and environmental conservation.
- To build capacities for communities, institutions, development agencies in promoting sustainable livelihoods, social justice, human rights and environmental conservation.