Institutional profile

Fahamu Ltd

Fahamu was established in the UK in 1997. Fahamu Ltd was registered and incorporated as a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee in 2001 (no. 4241054). Fahamu has offices in Oxford, UK; Nairobi, Kenya; Dakar, Senegal; and Cape Town, South Africa. Fahamu Ltd is registered in Kenya as F15/2006.

Board of directors

Belinda Allan
Paddy Coulter OBE
Shereen Karmali
Firoze Manji

Fahamu Trust

Fahamu Trust was registered as a charity in the UK (no. 1100304) in July 2003, with the following objectives: ‘the advancement of education of the public world wide by the publication of electronic newsletters, courses and disseminating of information on human rights’. Fahamu SA is registered as a trust in South Africa IT 37201.

Board of trustees

Belinda Allan
Paddy Coulter OBE
Patricia O. Daley
Maina Kiai
Onyekachi Wambu
Rob Wells 
Executive director: Firoze Manji

Global Support Fund of the Tides Foundation

In order to enable supporters in the USA to contribute to Fahamu’s work, Fahamu was established in 2005 as a Global Support Fund of the Tides Foundation, a duly registered public charity, exempt from US Federal income taxation under Sections 501(c)(3) and 509(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Collaboration with the University of Oxford

Fahamu has had a close working relationship with the University of Oxford Department for Continuing Education (OUDCE), collaborating on the development and implementation of a range of training courses. Fahamu’s executive director is an associate tutor in international human rights in OUDCE and visiting fellow at Kellogg College.