PDNK is an advocacy NGO established in 2003 as a conglomeration of sixty pastoralists’ individuals, NGOs, Community Based Organisations (CBOs), non-pastoralist institutions, and individuals supporting pastoralists’ development process in Kenya. PDNK’s mission is to lobby for the inclusion of the pastoralist agenda in mainstream development with the vision of a prosperous pastoralist society. Since it was formed, PDNK has undertaken several initiatives including the launch of district forums, organized and sponsored pastoralists in issue based workshops and open declaration making forums, trainings on rights based approaches, policy and legal advocacy, including undertaking Civic Education exercises. It has also engages several media organizations and works very closely with other local partners.