How We Work
We operate through six core thematic programs and four cross-cutting functions, which work across all issue areas.
At KUZA TRUST, we are structured to maximize grassroots impact, policy influence, and institutional transformation through integrated and collaborative workstreams.
We operate through six core thematic programs and four cross-cutting functions, all of which are deeply interconnected and grounded in community organizing, legal empowerment, and evidence-based advocacy.
While our thematic programs focus on specific areas such as drug law reform, gender and economic justice, and accountable governance. Our cross-cutting functions provide essential tools and strategies that strengthen the work of all teams.
Each team draws from and contributes to the lived experiences of communities, using their voices as the foundation for scalable solutions, bold advocacy, and sustainable systems change.
Cross-cutting areas
Legal Empowerment & Strategic Litigation
We deploy the law as a lever for justice providing grassroots legal education, advancing public-interest cases, and promoting alternative dispute resolution. These efforts turn community demands into enforceable rights and systemic reform.
Civic Education & Movement Building
We equip communities with civic knowledge and advocacy skills to reshape public systems. From training grassroots leaders to convening budget-accountability forums, we build issue-based coalitions that drive county-level change.
Communications & Narrative Change
Through street theatre, community radio, social media, and storytelling, we drive powerful narratives that humanize those most affected, challenge stigma, expose injustice.
Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL)
We track what matters, power shifts, policy wins, and lived experience. Participatory metrics, real-time feedback, and rigorous outcome evaluations fuel continuous improvement and evidence-based scaling across all programmes.