The people behind the purpose

Justice is personal.
So is our work.

Esheria Foundation is Esheria’s public-interest initiative. We bring legal knowledge, community partnerships, and responsible technology closer to the people who need them, in Kenya and across East Africa.

Our purpose Meet our partners

A legal educator speaking with participants during an Esheria community session — Legal education starts with a conversation, not a screen.

A presenter points to a screen showing where the path to justice breaks, from incident to evidence, report, referral, and justice

Our purpose

The law should be
a starting point.

Knowing your rights should not depend on knowing the right person, speaking the right language, or having the resources to navigate a complex system.

Our mission is to open up legal knowledge and civic education, making the law more understandable, actionable, and safe for everyone.

See how the purpose becomes practice

Our vision

An East Africa where legal information is accessible, civic participation is stronger, and technology respects people’s privacy, safety, and dignity.

Practical

Built for real-world use. Low connectivity, multiple languages, limited legal access.

Accountable

Shaped with community feedback. Open-source, transparent, auditable.

Locally rooted

Designed with communities and partners in Kenya and Uganda. Grounded in context, not theory.

What guides us

Public purpose.
Practical principles.

Start with people

Listen to communities and frontline teams. Design for the language, context, and constraints people actually live with.

Build with care

Put privacy, safety, and accountability into the work from the beginning. Be clear about what a tool can—and cannot—do.

Share what helps

Publish reusable resources and transparent methods where appropriate. Make room for feedback, scrutiny, and improvement.

Rooted in community

The work happens
between people.

Esheria, community partners, and Kenya Prisons Service representatives gathered outdoors — 01Community partners and Kenya Prisons Service representatives, together in the field.

SafeRide team members help seated participants with the app under a tent, beside a SafeRide banner — 02The community demo day that closed the SafeRide pilot in Mombasa.

Kenya Prisons Service officers working on laptops during an Esheria digital training session — 03Digital training with Kenya Prisons Service officers.

A SafeRide team member points at a phone while walking two people through the app at a desk — 04Walking participants through SafeRide during the pilot.

Esheria and Human Rights Agenda representatives signing a partnership agreement — 05Esheria and Human Rights Agenda, signing the partnership.

A SafeRide team member shows the app on a phone to a seated officer at the community demo day — 08Hands-on with the app at the community demo day.

A group of participants and facilitators gathered for a photograph at a Human Rights Agenda community event — 09A gathering with Human Rights Agenda and community partners.

Five colleagues stand smiling in front of a screen showing a map titled HURIA’s work across the Coast — 10The pilot team with Human Rights Agenda, in front of its map of work across the Coast.

A community leader speaking beside an Esheria legal access display — 11Local knowledge, shared openly.

Esheria community partners and Kenya Prisons Service representatives meeting in the paralegal office — 12Community partners and Kenya Prisons Service representatives in the paralegal office.

A SafeRide team member speaks beside a banner reading Safer journeys, Stronger voices, at an outdoor community event — 13Presenting SafeRide at the pilot’s community demo day.

Esheria and Human Rights Agenda representatives holding a partnership agreement — 14A partnership with Human Rights Agenda.

A speaker addressing participants in a paralegal office during community legal outreach — 15Making space for questions about the law.

16With Zero Street Child Foundation, at their office.

A facilitator speaking with participants during an outdoor civic education session — 17An outdoor civic education session.

A paralegal educator in a blue shirt speaking to participants during a legal education session — 18A conversation in the paralegal office.

Representatives of Esheria and Zero Street Child Foundation at a partnership meeting — 19Working with Zero Street Child Foundation.

Stronger together

Progress is a shared effort.

Community organizations, justice institutions, and technology collaborators connect our work to real needs.

Meet our partners Start a partnership conversation

Esheria team members together at a technology community event — The people behind the ideas, the tools, and the follow-through.

An initiative, not just a product

Many perspectives.
One shared purpose.

Our team brings together product, operations, design, growth, and technical delivery. Our partners bring the local knowledge that makes the work matter.

LexChat, Esheria Academy, and our open models and datasets support this work. Esheria Foundation connects technology to public benefit through research, education, and collaboration.

Meet our partners

Join our mission

Join our mission.

Whether you’re a lawyer, developer, educator, or funder — there’s a role for you in building accessible justice.

Get involved

Justice is personal.So is our work.

The law should bea starting point.