RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

Research for Solutions, Innovation for Impact

Evidence-based programs transform challenges into opportunities for progress and resilience.

Driving Change Through Knowledge and Innovation

Shades of Hope Legacy Foundation works to improve lives in sustainable ways by developing programs that are evidence-based and grounded in rigorous research. Our portfolio includes integrated programs designed to address some of the most pressing challenges facing communities across Kenya, with a focus on key areas such as education, health, and agriculture.

Through a combination of boots-on-the-ground efforts, interactive dialogue, community-based initiatives, and public-private partnerships, we support the development of policies and the implementation of programs that address both national and local challenges. We build strong, lasting partnerships and help to enhance local capacities to implement effective programs that bring about positive change.

Lasting solutions begin with knowledge, strengthened by innovation, and sustained by community ownership.

Key Facts & Trends

0.8% vs. 2%

In 2022

 Kenya’s research and innovation funding still below the target set by the STI Act

Evidence-Based Action

All programs are designed from research findings, ensuring interventions in education, health, and agriculture directly address community needs.

Support Innovation That Transforms Lives

Together, We Can Build Evidence-Based Solutions

Join us in advancing sustainable, research-driven programs that address Kenya’s pressing challenges in education, health, and agriculture because real change happens when knowledge meets action.

Our Approaches to Research and Innovation

Shades of Hope Legacy Foundation ensures every program is grounded in research, innovation, and collaboration to achieve long-term, sustainable impact.

Partnering with institutions and communities to collect data, understand local realities, and identify priority challenges in key sectors.

Designing and implementing programs informed by research findings to ensure solutions are both effective and sustainable.

Involving communities at every stage of the research process so that solutions remain relevant, practical, and owned by the people they serve.

Training individuals and organizations to strengthen local capacity in research and innovation for long-term independence and resilience.

Building alliances across government, NGOs, and the private sector to scale innovative solutions and mobilize resources.

Advocating for evidence-based policy adoption while integrating technology to enhance program delivery and sustainability.