Donkey owners need to be involved in community engagement and participate in an organized manner for a positive change to be realized towards donkey welfare. KENDAT has been working closely with donkey owners in counties around the Mount Kenya region to inculcate positive knowledge, attitude and practices toward donkey welfare.

Tharaka is classified as an ASAL area in Tharaka Nithi County and thus favors goat rearing. Most homesteads own goats which they greatly depend for source of income for food, clothing, medication and education. The most common breed of goats reared by most farmers are the local small goats which often fetch lower prices in the market and also take long to grow and reach market price. KENDAT designed a goat improvement project to improve the breed of the local goats to increase the income of these households, by supporting them with more adaptable and fast growing Galla bucks which fetch higher prices in the market. This in turn enables them to pay for veterinary services and buy feeds for their donkeys to improve their welfare.

The Heshimu Punda Program works with women in Tharaka and Mbeere in Embu County to support in promoting basketry and weaving as income generating projects, creating the necessary market linkages and facilitating value addition and marketing. This is aimed at taking advantage of the locally available human capacity and local materials coupled with the increasing global demand for woven baskets and other sisal products by local and international tourists.

KENDAT is committed in ensuring sustainable development goal 13(SDG 13) is achieved through environmental conservation. The goal aims at building resilience and adaptive capacities to adverse climate change effects by developing sustainable low-carbon pathways and accelerated reduction of global greenhouse gas emission. This is achieved through working closely with well-organized community groups, and Kenya Forest Service (KFS).