Meet Rachel Kabue

Pendo Earth Foundation grew out of a journey that began not in a boardroom or a lab, but in a yoga school in India.

Studying there introduced Rachel to ahimsa, the principle of non-harm extended to all living beings. It reframed how she understood the relationship between the way we live, the food we eat, and the world we share with animals and ecosystems. She returned to Kenya with a clear sense of purpose: to build something that took that principle seriously, in a practical and grounded African context.

That work began with the Vegan Society of Kenya, advocating for plant-based living and shifting public conversation around food, animals, and sustainability, and the Nairobi Feline Sanctuary, providing refuge for rescued cats. But advocacy, Rachel found, needs a home. Without spaces for demonstration, innovation, and community co-creation, the ideas stay ideas.

That realization led to Pendo Earth Foundation, a living innovation hub where food systems, ecosystem regeneration, and community resilience come together in practice, not just in principle. Today the foundation operates across two sites: Matoso Village on Lake Victoria, and a regenerative agriculture hub in Tigoni.