Rooted in East Africa. People-first.

Justice,
within reach.

Everyone deserves to understand their rights. We bring legal knowledge, community action, and responsible technology together to make that possible.

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Llama Impact Accelerator · Kenya Demo Day, 2025

Esheria community partners working together in the field

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.

What we work on

Three ways to make a lasting difference.

Know your rights

Civic education.

Making legal knowledge understandable, in the languages and everyday contexts that matter to our communities. LexChat answers legal questions in plain language and shows the cases behind each answer.

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Travel safely

Public safety.

Building privacy-first, language-aware tools for safer public spaces, including SafeRide, the safety app for women on public transport that we piloted with Human Rights Agenda in Mombasa.

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Build on open knowledge

Open legal data.

Opening up Kenyan legal datasets and the models we train on them, so researchers, developers, and public-interest partners can build on shared knowledge.

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From the community

Real people.
Shared possibilities.

In classrooms, community spaces, and paralegal offices, our work starts with showing up and listening. These are a few moments along the way.

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

Esheria and Human Rights Agenda representatives signing a partnership agreement — Partnerships in action
Esheria and Human Rights Agenda, working together.

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

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

A legal educator speaking with participants during an Esheria community session — Room for every voice
Legal education, shaped through conversation.

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

Recognition · Kenya Demo Day, 2025

A shared milestone. More work ahead.

Esheria Ventures was recognized at the Llama Impact Accelerator Kenya Demo Day for its multilingual digital paralegal work, built on open models and published as open research.

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Esheria Ventures receiving recognition at the Llama Impact Accelerator Kenya Demo Day

SafeRide · UNICEF Femtech Ventures

A safer ride could be just a tap away.

SafeRide is our privacy-first safety app for women on public transport. We piloted it with Human Rights Agenda in Mombasa, and UNICEF selected it for its first Femtech Ventures cohort.

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Stronger together

Progress is a shared effort.

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A few things to know

Good questions.
Clear answers.

Curious about our work or where you fit in? Start here.

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What is Esheria Foundation?

Esheria Foundation is Esheria’s public-interest initiative. Working from Nairobi with partners in Kenya and Uganda, we expand access to legal knowledge, strengthen civic engagement, and build safer digital and public spaces through technology, partnerships, and community work.

What are your main areas of work?

Our three core areas are civic education and engagement, public safety and protection, and open legal data. Community partnerships connect this research and technology to real-world needs.

Who can partner with you?

We work with community organizations, NGOs, researchers, and institutions that share our commitment to access to justice. Partnerships can involve community programs, research, field pilots, or contributing expertise.

How does this relate to Esheria’s products?

Esheria builds legal technology, including LexChat, Esheria Atlas, and Esheria Academy. Esheria Foundation is the public-interest side: it works with communities and partners on access to justice, and runs programs such as SafeRide. The products and the Foundation serve different, complementary roles.

How can I get involved?

Connect us with a community organization, contribute your expertise, explore a collaboration, or join our updates. Get in touch to discuss where your skills and our work can come together.

There’s a place for you here

A fairer future
is something we build together.

Bring your perspective, your expertise, or your community. Let’s find a meaningful way to work together.

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Justice,within reach.

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

Three ways to make a lasting difference.

Civic education.

Public safety.

Open legal data.

Real people.Shared possibilities.

Tools in practice

Partnerships in action

Safer journeys

Closer to the community

Room for every voice

Stronger, together