Terms of Use

1. About Thabiti Alliance

Thabiti Alliance is a public-benefit initiative based in Kenya, established to advance stability, dignity and opportunity for children, families and communities.

Thabiti Alliance's application for registration as a Public Benefit Organisation in Kenya is currently in progress.

Nothing on this website should be interpreted as representing Thabiti Alliance as a fully registered Public Benefit Organisation until the relevant registration process has been completed.

The organisation's registration information will be updated when appropriate.

2. Purpose of the website

This website provides information about Thabiti Alliance, including its mission, intended programmes, governance, safeguarding commitments, organisational development, transparency, partnership opportunities and ways to engage with the organisation.

The website is primarily provided for general information and communication purposes.

Information published on the website does not, by itself, create a contractual, financial or other legally binding obligation on Thabiti Alliance.

3. No automatic entitlement to assistance

Submitting an enquiry, application, nomination, referral, expression of interest or request for support does not create an automatic entitlement to assistance from Thabiti Alliance.

This includes, but is not limited to:

• Education support
• School fees
• Healthcare support
• Food or nutritional assistance
• Family support
• Emergency assistance
• Accommodation
• Grants
• Sponsorship
• Material assistance
• Any other form of financial or non-financial support

Eligibility for support may depend on programme criteria, verification, safeguarding considerations, available resources, geographic coverage, organisational capacity and other approved procedures.

Thabiti Alliance retains discretion, subject to applicable law and its internal governance requirements, to determine whether an individual, household, community or organisation is eligible for a particular programme.

4. Applications, referrals and verification

Where Thabiti Alliance accepts applications, referrals, nominations or requests for support, applicants are responsible for providing information that is accurate, complete and truthful to the best of their knowledge.

Thabiti Alliance may request additional documentation or conduct reasonable verification before making decisions.

An application, referral or request may be declined, suspended, reassessed or discontinued where:

• Information supplied is materially false or misleading
• Required verification cannot reasonably be completed
• Eligibility requirements are not met
• Safeguarding concerns arise
• Circumstances materially change
• Funding or other resources become unavailable
• Programme capacity has been reached
• Continued assistance would conflict with applicable law or organisational policy
• Another legitimate programme-related reason makes continuation inappropriate

Nothing in this section removes any rights that cannot lawfully be excluded.

5. Fraudulent information and misuse of support

Knowingly providing false, altered, misleading or fraudulent information in order to obtain assistance, funding, services or another benefit from Thabiti Alliance is prohibited.

Where fraud or serious misrepresentation is reasonably suspected, Thabiti Alliance may, where lawful and appropriate:

• Suspend the relevant application or assistance
• Conduct further verification
• Request clarification or supporting evidence
• Terminate assistance
• Seek recovery of improperly obtained funds or property
• Refer the matter to relevant authorities

Any such action will be considered in light of applicable law, safeguarding responsibilities and the circumstances of the case.

6. Programme availability

Information about programmes, pilot projects, priorities, activities or future plans reflects the organisation's intentions and areas of work at the time of publication.

Publication of a programme or objective does not guarantee that:

• The programme is currently operating
• The programme is fully funded
• Assistance is available in every location
• Every eligible person will receive support
• A particular programme will continue indefinitely
• A future programme will begin on a particular date

Programmes, locations, timelines, eligibility requirements, funding priorities and activities may change as the organisation develops.

7. No guarantee of future funding or services

Statements about intended programmes, funding priorities, pilot activities, expansion plans or organisational objectives do not constitute a promise or guarantee of future funding, services or assistance.

Thabiti Alliance may revise, postpone, restructure or discontinue programmes where circumstances require it.

8. Safeguarding and beneficiary protection

Thabiti Alliance is committed to protecting children, vulnerable persons and communities involved in its work.

Users of this website must not use information, photographs, videos, stories or other materials published by Thabiti Alliance to:

• Identify a person whose identity has intentionally been protected or anonymised
• Locate or attempt to locate a child or vulnerable person
• Obtain or distribute private information about beneficiaries
• Contact children or vulnerable persons without proper authorisation
• Exploit a beneficiary or their circumstances
• Harass, intimidate, threaten or endanger a beneficiary
• Conduct unauthorised fundraising using beneficiary information
• Publish or distribute sensitive information about a beneficiary
• Attempt to discover a beneficiary's home, school, telephone number or other identifying information
• Use beneficiary material for unlawful, exploitative, misleading or inappropriate purposes

Users must also not manipulate, reproduce or repurpose beneficiary material in a way that misrepresents a person, invents facts, creates misleading impressions or undermines their dignity.

Thabiti Alliance may take reasonable protective action where misuse or safeguarding concerns are identified.

Additional requirements are contained in the organisation's Safeguarding Policy.

9. No unauthorised direct contact with beneficiaries

For safeguarding and privacy reasons, Thabiti Alliance does not ordinarily provide private contact information relating to children, families or other beneficiaries.

Visitors, supporters, prospective donors, partners, volunteers and other third parties must not attempt to establish unauthorised direct contact with beneficiaries using information obtained through this website.

Requests to communicate with beneficiaries will be considered only where appropriate and consistent with safeguarding and privacy requirements.

10. Unauthorised fundraising

No person, organisation, business, social-media account, fundraising platform or other third party may use the Thabiti Alliance name, logo, identity, beneficiary stories, photographs, documents or other materials to solicit money without prior authorisation.

No person may create or operate a fundraising campaign in the name of Thabiti Alliance unless the organisation has expressly authorised that campaign.

Visitors should rely only on fundraising or donation methods published through official Thabiti Alliance channels.

11. Impersonation

No person may falsely represent themselves as:

• An employee of Thabiti Alliance
• A board member
• A representative
• An authorised fundraiser
• A volunteer acting with authority
• An ambassador
• An agent
• A partner
• Another person authorised to act on behalf of Thabiti Alliance

Suspected impersonation or fraudulent use of the Thabiti Alliance identity may be reported to relevant platforms, financial institutions, regulators or law-enforcement authorities where appropriate.

12. Authority to bind Thabiti Alliance

No employee, volunteer, supporter, consultant, ambassador, local contact or other individual has authority to enter into contracts, make financial commitments, incur liabilities, collect funds, promise assistance or otherwise bind Thabiti Alliance unless that authority has been formally granted.

Statements made during informal conversations, social-media exchanges, meetings, emails, messages or other communications do not automatically create a binding commitment on behalf of Thabiti Alliance.

A binding commitment will normally require appropriate organisational approval and, where necessary, written documentation.

13. Partnerships and affiliations

Submitting a partnership proposal, attending a meeting, exchanging documents, communicating with Thabiti Alliance or discussing potential collaboration does not automatically create:

• A partnership
• Agency relationship
• Sponsorship
• Endorsement
• Joint venture
• Contractual relationship
• Official affiliation

No person or organisation may publicly represent itself as an official partner, sponsor, agent or affiliate of Thabiti Alliance without appropriate authorisation.

Formal partnerships may be governed by separate written agreements.

14. Donations

Thabiti Alliance does not currently process general public online donations through this website.

If online donation functionality is introduced, additional terms may apply.

Such terms may address matters including:

• Payment processing
• Restricted and unrestricted donations
• Donor instructions
• Refunds
• Payment errors
• Recurring donations
• Chargebacks
• Receipts
• Currencies
• Payment processors
• Circumstances in which a designated activity can no longer be carried out

Visitors should not send money to individuals merely because they claim to represent Thabiti Alliance.

15. Intellectual property

Unless otherwise stated, original content published on this website is owned by, licensed to or used with permission by Thabiti Alliance.

This may include:

• The Thabiti Alliance name
• Logo and brand identity
• Written content
• Photographs
• Videos
• Graphics
• Reports
• Programme materials
• Publications
• Documents
• Other original website materials

Content may be viewed and shared for legitimate personal, educational or informational purposes where such use is lawful and does not misrepresent Thabiti Alliance.

Content must not be used to:

• Falsely imply endorsement
• Impersonate Thabiti Alliance
• Conduct unauthorised fundraising
• Misrepresent the organisation's activities
• Commercially exploit protected material without permission
• Infringe intellectual-property rights
• Violate beneficiary privacy
• Undermine the dignity or safety of any individual represented

Written permission may be required for broader reproduction, commercial use, modification or redistribution.

For further information, see our Copyright & Intellectual Property notice.

16. User submissions

Where the website permits users to submit information, messages, documents, applications or other material, users must ensure that they have the right to provide that information.

Users must not knowingly submit:

• Unlawful material
• Malicious software
• Fraudulent information
• Confidential information belonging to another person without authority
• Material that infringes another person's rights
• Abusive, threatening or defamatory material
• Information that creates an unnecessary safeguarding or privacy risk

Submission of information does not guarantee that Thabiti Alliance will act upon, accept or approve it.

17. Privacy and personal information

Personal information submitted through this website will be handled in accordance with applicable data-protection requirements and the Thabiti Alliance Privacy Policy.

Users should avoid providing unnecessary sensitive personal information through general contact forms.

Information concerning children or vulnerable persons should be submitted only through appropriate and authorised channels.

The Privacy Policy provides further information regarding the collection, use, protection and retention of personal information.

18. Accuracy and updating of information

Thabiti Alliance aims to publish information that is accurate, clear and reasonably current.

However, programmes, policies, personnel, eligibility requirements, timelines, funding arrangements, organisational structures and other information may change.

The organisation does not guarantee that every item of website information will always be complete, current or free from error.

Material errors brought to the organisation's attention may be reviewed and corrected where appropriate.

19. Third-party websites and services

This website may contain links to websites, platforms or services operated by third parties.

Thabiti Alliance does not control those third parties and is not responsible for their:

• Content
• Availability
• Accuracy
• Security
• Privacy practices
• Products
• Services
• Actions

A link from the Thabiti Alliance website does not necessarily constitute endorsement of the third party or everything it publishes or provides.

Users should review the applicable terms and privacy practices of third-party services separately.

20. Acceptable use

Users must not use this website to:

• Commit fraud or another unlawful act
• Impersonate another person or organisation
• Interfere with website operation or security
• Attempt unauthorised access to systems or data
• Introduce viruses, malware or harmful code
• Scrape or collect personal information unlawfully
• Submit deliberately false information
• Harass staff, volunteers, beneficiaries or partners
• Exploit children or vulnerable persons
• Conduct unauthorised fundraising
• Misuse the Thabiti Alliance identity
• Interfere with another user's lawful access to the website
• Engage in conduct reasonably likely to compromise the safety, security or legitimate activities of Thabiti Alliance

21. Website availability and security

Thabiti Alliance aims to maintain reasonable website availability and security but does not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free access.

Access may be interrupted because of:

• Maintenance
• Technical problems
• Security incidents
• Telecommunications failures
• Service-provider interruptions
• Cyber incidents
• Emergencies
• Circumstances beyond the organisation's reasonable control

Thabiti Alliance may temporarily suspend or restrict website access where reasonably necessary for security, maintenance, safeguarding or operational reasons.

22. Circumstances beyond reasonable control

Thabiti Alliance will not be responsible for delays or failures caused by events beyond its reasonable control, subject to applicable law.

Such events may include natural disasters, severe weather, epidemics, public-health emergencies, civil unrest, conflict, government action, banking interruptions, infrastructure failures, communications outages, cyber incidents or other significant events that materially affect operations.

This clause does not remove responsibilities that cannot lawfully be excluded.

23. Limitation of responsibility

The website is primarily provided for general information.

Nothing on the website constitutes legal, medical, financial or other professional advice.

Visitors remain responsible for decisions they make based on information obtained through the website.

To the extent permitted by applicable law, Thabiti Alliance will not be responsible for losses arising solely from:

• Reliance on outdated or incomplete website information
• Misuse or misinterpretation of website information
• Independent third-party websites or services
• Unauthorised representations by third parties
• Matters outside the organisation's reasonable control

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits any responsibility that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.

24. No third-party beneficiary rights

Except where expressly agreed otherwise in writing, information published on this website is not intended to create enforceable rights in favour of third parties.

The existence of a programme description, policy statement, future objective, funding priority or other website content does not, by itself, create a contractual entitlement in favour of any visitor, applicant, beneficiary, donor, partner or other person.

25. Separate agreements and hierarchy of documents

These Terms govern general use of the website.

They do not replace:

• The Constitution of Thabiti Alliance
• Formal grant agreements
• Partnership agreements
• Employment contracts
• Volunteer agreements
• Beneficiary agreements
• Donor agreements
• Safeguarding procedures
• Programme-specific rules
• Other formally adopted organisational documents

Where a person or organisation enters into a separate written agreement with Thabiti Alliance, that agreement may contain additional or different provisions applicable to that particular relationship.

26. No waiver

If Thabiti Alliance does not immediately exercise or enforce a right under these Terms, this does not mean that the organisation has permanently waived that right.

A failure to enforce a provision in one situation does not prevent the organisation from enforcing it later where appropriate.

27. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found by a competent authority to be unlawful, invalid or unenforceable, that provision may be limited or removed to the minimum extent necessary.

The remaining provisions will continue to apply to the extent permitted by law.

28. Changes to these Terms

Thabiti Alliance may update these Terms as its website, programmes, legal status, regulatory obligations or operations develop.

The current version number and effective date will be displayed on this page.

Where changes are significant, the organisation may provide additional notice through the website or another appropriate channel.

Continued use of the website after updated Terms are published will be subject to the version then in effect, subject to applicable law.

29. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the applicable laws of Kenya.

Any dispute relating to these Terms or the use of this website will be handled in accordance with applicable Kenyan law and any legally applicable dispute-resolution requirements.

Nothing in these Terms removes any right or protection that cannot lawfully be excluded.

30. Contact

Questions about these Terms may be submitted through the official Thabiti Alliance Contact page.

The same channel may be used to report:

• Suspected impersonation
• Unauthorised fundraising
• Misuse of the Thabiti Alliance name or logo
• Safeguarding concerns
• Fraudulent activity
• Inappropriate use of website material

Visitors should rely only on contact information published through official Thabiti Alliance channels.