Dan - Art City
Photo editing, mounting and framing
Photography, photo editing, photo mounting and framing for graduations, portraits and gifts.
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Shop with purpose.
Handmade in Kenya by the women and youth we support. Every purchase funds our programmes.
Hire our entrepreneurs
Services you can book today.
Order directly from the small businesses we walk alongside. Your order is their growth.
Mr Owino - Tailor
Custom tailoring
Shirts, African wear, suits and repairs, made to measure in his workshop.
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Our story
From a local response to a growing movement of hope.
Cistern of Hope Foundation began in 2021 in Uthiru, Nairobi, during the COVID-19 pandemic. What began with food and essential supplies has grown into a wider movement focused on dignity, empowerment, opportunity and lasting change.
2021
Founded in Uthiru, Nairobi
2025
Formally registered in Kenya
2026-30
Five-year strategic journey
Every purchase is support.
Hope Market sales fund women's and youth enterprise, school fees and monthly sanitary pads.
Our purpose
People first. Progress that lasts.
We respond to immediate needs while building pathways toward sustainable livelihoods, education, wellbeing, resilience and self-reliance.
Vision
Poverty-free communities.
Built on sustainable solutions and empowered individuals.
Mission
Empowering communities.
Promoting self-reliance, economic development and social welfare.
Motto
Together for a lasting change.
Collaboration is central to how we work.
Our approach
From support to self-reliance.
A connected pathway that links compassion with empowerment, opportunity, resilience and community ownership.
01
Respond
We respond to genuine and identified needs with compassion and accountability.
02
Restore dignity
We address barriers affecting food, education, hygiene, wellbeing and basic stability.
03
Empower
We build skills, knowledge, confidence, life skills and enterprise capacity.
04
Create opportunity
We connect people to education, markets, employment, enterprise, mentors and services.
05
Build resilience
We strengthen the ability of households and individuals to withstand shocks.
06
Promote self-reliance
We support sustainable income, learning, community ownership and responsible independence.
07
Create lasting change
We work toward communities in which people increasingly have the means and agency to improve their own lives.
Programmes
Built around real community needs.
Education, Scholarship & Child Development
To reduce barriers to education and support vulnerable children to learn, develop and pursue a better future.
Explore Education, Scholarship & Child Development
Youth Skills, Enterprise & Employability
To equip young people with skills, mentorship, entrepreneurship and pathways to employment or self-employment.
Explore Youth Skills, Enterprise & Employability
Women’s Enterprise & Economic Empowerment
To strengthen women's income opportunities, enterprise capacity, financial resilience and dignity.
Explore Women’s Enterprise & Economic EmpowermentOur impact
Turning hope into meaningful change.
Impact is measured by the difference our work makes in people's lives.
6women supported to establish small businesses
4young people supported to establish businesses
~200children receiving sanitary pads each month
6vulnerable children supported with school fees
3widows supported with food donation once a month
82children reached
Impact stories
The people behind the figures.
The change we seek
Every person deserves dignity and an opportunity to improve their life.
Assistance becomes more powerful when it creates a pathway toward self-reliance. Communities are active partners in shaping their own future.
We do not simply want to give people hope for today. We want to help create pathways to a better tomorrow.
Let's build lasting change together.
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