When the Kakamega County Assembly debated amendments to its Maternal Health Budget last year, something remarkable happened. A coalition of 12 local NGOs—armed with HENNET’s standardized policy brief templates and county engagement playbook—secured a 27% increase in clinic funding. This wasn’t luck; it was the result of a replicable advocacy model now being used across Kenya.

HENNET’s Advocacy Toolkit, launched in 2023, has become the secret weapon for grassroots organizations navigating complex policy processes. The toolkit’s three-step tracker (Monitor → Analyze → Act) demystifies legislation, while pre-formatted position papers save NGOs an average of 60 hours per policy campaign. In Kisumu, the templates helped streamline a fragmented TB drug access campaign into a unified push that reached 15,000 patients.

“Before HENNET’s tools, we’d drown in PDFs from different donors,” admits Mercy Achieng, Director of a Kisumu-based health CBO. “Now we spend less time formatting and more time changing lives.”

The impact speaks for itself:
• 8 policies influenced nationally in 2024
• 5 counties adopting NGO-proposed health amendments
• 90+ organizations trained in toolkit use

With the 2024 Playbook update adding climate-health advocacy modules, HENNET is proving that when civil society speaks with one evidence-based voice, policymakers listen.