About Kindred
A small foundation that trusts local people to lead.
Kindred began in 2011 with one school roof. Today we fund 36 local partners in 14 regions, with a team of 14 people and a promise to publish every number.
Mission
We fund schools, clean water and food security, planned and owned by the communities who use them.
01
Local leadership
Partners from the region plan and run every project. We fund, support and check.
02
Built to last
Every project has an owner, a repair plan and a return visit after three years.
03
Open books
Full accounts each spring, including the things that did not go to plan.
Team
Fourteen people, four of them below.
Our staff work from a small office and from the regions. Names and roles are template content.
Amara Okafor
Executive director
Amara Okafor
Executive director
Amara Okafor
Executive director
Amara Okafor
Executive director
Board
Volunteer trustees who hold us to account.
The board meets four times a year, approves every grant above a set amount and receives the auditor's report directly.
Samuel Adeyemi
Chair, former school principal
Ingrid Halvorsen
Treasurer, chartered accountant
Priya Raman
Water engineer
Daniel Moreau
Agronomist
Grace Nakamura
Community lawyer
Transparency
What you can check, any time.
Yearly
Spending report
Every project, every partner payment and every cost of running Kindred.
Yearly
Independent audit
An external auditor reviews our accounts and a sample of partner books.
Monthly
Partner reports
Photo updates and budgets from every active project, shared with project funders.
On request
Ask us anything
Write to us about any gift or project. We answer within three working days.