- KICK operates on the principles of a social enterprise, which underpins its sustainability.
- It is a Fair Trade Organisation with a social heart but a business-oriented head
- The Public Benefits Organisation (PBO) focuses on wealth creation rather than poverty alleviation. In doing this, it harnesses Africa’s vast untapped resources, starting with those in the Lake Victoria region, in order to create employment and incomes for youth and women.
- KICK works with the youth, women, and men in Kisumu, Homa Bay, Vihiga, Kakamega, Nairobi and Mombasa, Kenya to recycle, reuse and innovate concepts around environmental sustainability
KICK operates on the principles of a social enterprise which markets products co-created with and produced by local artisans, craftsmen and micro enterprises using recycled materials and invasive species from the wetlands around Lake Victoria.KICK uses waste and recycled raw materials such as copper wire from old fridge compressors, air conditioners, car alternators, waste paper, tins, plastic, water hyacinth, and papyrus, among others to make unique greeting cards, jewellery, ornaments, furniture, and interiors.