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Impact

Justice and safety infrastructure for the real world

Esheria builds public-interest legal and civic technology that turns complex law into usable guidance — so people can understand their rights, take informed next steps, and participate safely online. Through Esheria For Good, we tackle inaccessible legal information, language exclusion, limited civic literacy, and digital harm, then engineer solutions with research, partnerships, and deployments that hold up outside the lab. (esheria.co.ke)

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Impact pillars

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Local languages (civic speech-to-text R&D)

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Product lanes powering access

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SDGs we align to
Recognition & awards

Llama Impact Accelerator honors

Independent recognition of the Kenya-first legal AI work we are building for access to justice.

Llama Impact Accelerator recognition
Llama Impact Accelerator

Recognized as First Runner-Up for a Kenya-first, offline-capable legal LLM piloted with Human Rights Agenda (HURIA) in Kinango, Kwale.

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Meta Llama Impact Accelerator awards
Meta Llama Impact Accelerator | 2025

Kenya Demo Day second place with a $15,000 award

Esheria Ventures placed second at the Kenya Demo Day for building Kenya's first multilingual digital paralegal, earning a $15,000 prize to expand practical access-to-justice tooling.

Delivery tracks

How we translate impact into products

We co-design legal, civic, and safety experiences with partners, then ship them with evidence, safeguards, and multilingual reach.

Access & guidance
Cited answers Drafting Case prep

Access & guidance

Plain-language assistance with retrieval, citations, and document understanding so people act faster.

LLM + retrieval WhatsApp pilots Citations
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Participation & education
Audio-first Workshops 11+ languages

Participation & education

Workshops, audio-first civic toolkits, and language-aware interfaces that keep communities included.

Community co-design Speech-to-text Offline-friendly
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Safety & integrity
Playbooks Detection Partner-led pilots

Safety & integrity

Online-safety playbooks, multilingual harm detection, and partner-run deployments with clear guardrails.

Safeguards Risk workflows Deployment QA
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Impact pillars

Built for communities. Ready for partners.

Justice, civic participation, and online safety are delivered through multilingual, low-bandwidth, and partner-first experiences that hold up in real-world conditions.

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Legal access
Access to justice

Legal access

Grounded legal guidance with citations, drafting support, and document analysis for Kenyan contexts.

Cited answers Drafting Case prep
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Civic education
Participation & literacy

Civic education

Audio-first civic toolkits, workshops, and speech-to-text for 11+ local languages.

Audio-first Workshops 11+ languages
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Online safety
Safety & integrity

Online safety

Multilingual harm detection, prevention-first workflows, and safety playbooks for vulnerable users.

Safeguards Risk workflows Deployment QA
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Open data
Open knowledge

Open data

Open legal corpus work that reduces paywalls and powers transparent, Kenya-relevant AI.

Corpus building Transparent AI Partner APIs
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Alignment with global goals

UN SDGs that guide our deployments

Every product lane and partnership is anchored to Sustainable Development Goals so impact stays measurable and accountable.

SDG alignment
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SDG 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions

Democratizing legal information and access so institutions and communities can resolve matters faster.

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SDG 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Modernizing legal and civic infrastructure with public-interest technology and safeguards.

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SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities

Extending legal resources to underserved groups through multilingual, low-bandwidth experiences.

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SDG 5: Gender Equality

Online safety work that protects women and girls from exploitation and harm across languages.

Partnerships and collaboration

Built with communities and institutions

Field partners and organizations co-creating justice, civic, and safety outcomes together.

Our Partners

Field and institutional partners we co-create with to deliver justice, civic empowerment, digital safety, and access outcomes.

Human Rights Agenda (HURIA)
Human Rights Agenda (HURIA)

Offline-capable legal AI deployment and community-level access to rights information.

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Zero Street Child Foundation Usikimye!
Zero Street Child Foundation & Usikimye!

Legal literacy, child protection, and gender-based violence prevention workflows.

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CivicTech Innovation Network
CivicTech Innovation Network

Civic technology collaboration, innovation exchange, and ecosystem building.

CivicTech View
Justice Centres Uganda
Justice Centres Uganda

Cross-border legal aid collaboration and access-to-justice initiatives.

Legal Aid View
Digital Woman Uganda
Digital Woman Uganda

Digital inclusion, online safety, and women-focused technology empowerment.

Digital Safety View
Nairobi West Prison
Nairobi West Prison

Access to legal information and drafting support for incarcerated persons.

Deployment View
FIDA Kenya
Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA Kenya)

Women-led legal advocacy, rights education, and strategic justice partnerships.

Advocacy View
META
META

Platform partnership advancing AI safety, content moderation, and digital literacy initiatives.

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Ways to collaborate

Bring your organization, practice, or community into the work and ship together.

Access to justice & safety

Partner in legal aid, civic empowerment, or online safety deployments.

Co-design pilots

Pressure-test tools, iterate with communities, and bring evidence.

Intake & support

Request help through official contact channels or the intake form.

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