The Rural Initiatives Development Programme (RIDEP) is a registered indigenous Kenyan Community Based Organization (CBO) working with rural communities in the Tharaka district of Kenya in order to improve food and livelihood security. RIDEP carry out this work by reviving ecological agricultural practices amongst communities and by encouraging and enabling communities to make the most of crops and resources available locally to them.

RIDEP's areas of work include:

• Mobilizing, organising and building the capacity of rural communities in order to improve food production, processing and marketing

• Promoting environment and cultural biodiversity conservation including seed security.

• Promoting the principles and practices of sustainable and organic agriculture

• Promoting natural resource management through environmental protection and conservation and use of renewable energy

Contact details:

Contact: Chabari K. Zaverio (Programme Coordinator/CEO)

Address: P.O. BOX 29-60215, Marimanti Tharaka, Kenya

Tel: +254 (0) 726 526 524/ +254 (0) 733 413 260

Email: ridepkenya@yahoo.com

RIDEP Vision

Rural communities confidently, efficiently and sustainably using locally available resources and opportunities to improve their livelihood security

RIDEP Mission.

To work and promote rural initiatives in order to improve communities food and livelihoods security