# RIFT VALLEY RESEARCH LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1144010
- **Other names:** RIFT VALLEY INSTITUTE (RVI)
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [04271537](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04271537)
- **Registered:** Sept. 27, 2011
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1144010


## Contact

- **Address:** The Wheelhouse, Angel Court, 81 St. Clements Street, OXFORD
- **Postcode:** OX4 1AW
- **Phone:** 07462 130035
- **Email:** institute@riftvalley.net
- **Website:** www.riftvalley.net



## Activities

**Objects:** 1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN EASTERN AFRICA; TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO EASTERN AFRICA AND RELATED SUBJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC; AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.2. TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS;OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS MATTERS;CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW;COMMENTING ON PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION;RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS;IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT OBJECT, BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER TO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES ARE SATISFIED THAT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WILL FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY TO AN EXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED AND THAT THE ACTIVITY IS NOT THE DOMINANT MEANS BY WHICH THE CHARITY CARRIES OUT ITS OBJECTS.

**Activities:** The activities of the Rift Valley Institute comprise field-based, action-oriented social research projects, support for indigenous educational institutions, in-country training courses, consultative processes, legal support programmes and an online digital library. They are designed to inform aid interventions, support local research capacity, record indigenous culture and promote human rights.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Ethiopia
- Kenya
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Kensington And Chelsea





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Margaret Workman Buchanan Smith** | Chair | June 14, 2019 |
| Awak Bior |  | March 26, 2026 |
| Dr Sharath Srinivasan |  | Sept. 1, 2023 |
| Haile Menkerios |  | July 8, 2022 |
| Joanna Oyediran Adenike |  | Sept. 1, 2024 |
| Lillian Wairimu Githuka |  | Sept. 6, 2024 |
| Mary Walker Harper |  | June 16, 2022 |
| Paul Murphy |  | June 26, 2025 |
| Professor Kenneth John Menkhaus |  | Sept. 1, 2024 |
| Professor Laura Christine Hammond |  | Dec. 1, 2025 |
| Professor Munzoul Abdalla Munzoul Assal |  | Dec. 1, 2025 |
| Professor Terrence Patrick Lyons |  | Dec. 1, 2025 |
| Timothy James Woodward |  | Sept. 1, 2024 |




