Pastoralist Integrated Support Programme

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Vision Statement

Pastoralist Integrated Support Programme (PISP) is a national local Non-Governmental Organization based in the Marsabit District of northern Kenya. Initiated in 1996, PISP started working with pastoral communities and their traditional Ya'a councils (which govern the social/cultural aspects of the wider Gabbra community) to reduce nomadic household poverty by establishing sustainable water access within the District. In recent years, PISP has extended its work to the other ethnic groups within Marsabit, including the Rendille, Turkana, Borana and Samburu.Together, PISP and the local communities seek to strengthen resource management and the pastoral economic system by promoting community empowerment which is enhancing livelihoods and strengthening social well-being. To date, this unique partnership has led to an increase in community self-reliance, and a beginning to the end of a vicious cycle of poverty and despair that exists in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) of northern Kenya

Mission Statement
PISP exists to reduce poverty and vulnerability amongst pastoralists within the greater Marsabit through sustainable fostering of community empowerment and facilitation of education, livelihoods development, governance and water related programs.

Core Values
The key values of PISP include amongst others:

Professionalism.
Gender sensitivity.
Efficient service delivery.
Accountability and transparency.
Respect to and use of community structures as engines of development

Organizational Culture
PISP desired to nurture the following organisational cultures:

Participation: PISP shall endeavor to involve the communities, staff and other relevant stakeholders in all phases and levels of its undertakings.

Focus: To realize meaningful results, PISP shall only engage in value adding initiatives that address felt community needs based on its expertise and capacity.

Learning: PISP strives to be a dynamic, innovative and insightful organization that is continuously reflecting on and improving its practice.

Staff Development: PISP recognizes that staff are its most prized resource and aspires to acquire, motivate and retain a hardworking, dedicated, resilient team of staff.

Responsibility: PISP aspired to built on and maintain its reputation as a conscientious, dependable/bankable and trustworthy organization.

Linking: Considering the insurmountable development challenges, PISP realizes that it must collaborate well with all other development actors in order to be successful.