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SAYDS Community Association (SCA)

Projects & Collaborations

SCA members apply stakeholder mapping and systems analysis in the field — identifying the leverage points where a coordinated intervention produces lasting, community-driven change.

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SCA members on site in a Kenyan community during field work.
Where we workNyalenda B, Kisumu · Nairobi

Two Projects

Different challenges, the same method

01 Nyalenda BKisumu, Kenya

Sustainable Waste Management Initiative

Using systems thinking methodologies, SCA members worked alongside local stakeholders to understand the underlying drivers of poor waste management — rather than the symptoms visible on the surface.

An SCA member mapping a system on a whiteboard.

How The Work Was Done

Four stages, in order

01

Stakeholder mapping

Establishing who holds influence, resources and responsibility across the waste system.

02

Policy analysis

Examining the rules and incentives already shaping how waste is handled.

03

Systems mapping

Tracing the relationships and feedback loops that keep the current state in place.

04

Community engagement

Testing findings with the people who live inside the system every day.

Leverage Points Identified

Where intervention could shift the whole system

Waste collection

Recycling practices

Governance coordination

Community participation

Who Has To Move Together

Environmental challenges require coordinated action

The initiative demonstrated that no single actor can fix waste management alone. Progress depends on these five moving in step.

  • Households
  • Waste pickers
  • Government institutions
  • Businesses
  • Development partners
02 Urban SustainabilityNairobi, Kenya

Urban Sustainability Project

SCA members collaborated with partners to explore sustainable urban solutions addressing interconnected environmental and community challenges. The project emphasized community participation, policy innovation, systems mapping, and collaborative problem-solving to improve long-term sustainability outcomes.

  • Community participation
  • Policy innovation
  • Systems mapping
  • Collaborative problem-solving
A large policy forum in session, with participants seated around a council chamber.

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