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Stephen Okwany

​​Stephen Okwany is a proactive Queer Artivist from Kisumu, Kenya. He is passionate about advancing equality and non-discrimination by deconstructing internalized and structural homophobia and anti-gender practices orchestrated by illiberal populists and their far-right movements. Kenya is still one of the African countries that uphold the archaic colonial Penal Code that discriminates against consensual same-sex relationships, resulting in the deliberate exclusion of LGBTQ+ community members from participatory processes that inform the country’s agenda. His vision is a world that is appreciative and cognizant of Queer lived realities, and which affirms LGBTQ+ community members in their true authentic selves. Inclusion and [...]

2023-06-05T20:28:37+00:005th June 2023|

Mary Wambui Mwaura

Mary lives in Nandi County, Kenya. She is pursuing a Social Work and Community Development diploma at Ollessoss Technical Training Institute. She is a community volunteer, focusing on working with youth, women, and people living with disabilities.   “In my community, most youths are not actively engaged in budget-making. This is due to several factors; lack of awareness, lack of resources, inadequate access to information, lack of funding, lack of capacity building, and technical barriers like skills and knowledge.” Her initiative focuses on civic engagement, involving high school students in the neighborhood in the budget-making process. This allows them to learn [...]

2023-06-05T12:53:45+00:005th June 2023|

Joseph Oduor

Joseph is a youth leader and local activist in Kisumu County, Kenya. He graduated with a Bachelor of Sociology in IT from Maseno University class of 2015 and is currently applying to join a Masters of Governance and Ethics at Mount Kenya University.   He began his advocacy working with youth living in the slums of Manyatta and Nyalenda and was one of the founders of the youth-led organization ‘Leaders for Leaders.’ This program actively involved young people advocating for good governance through social accountability monitoring and public participation. His idea in 2023 is to build on what he has learned thus [...]

2023-06-05T12:21:06+00:005th June 2023|

Akinyi Christine Venesser

Christine Venessa Akinyi is a geospatial practitioner who has 2 years of experience in the field. She works for a water company (KIWASCO) and is also a volunteer for a community-based organization called Community Initiative Action Group Kenya, that is focused on human rights, social justice and social policy organization.  Christine believes that we can strengthen the responsibility of government towards citizens who seek answers and openness in governance, through the use of real-time spatial referenced data.

2022-04-14T10:27:07+00:0017th February 2022|

Ger F. Odock

Ger F. Odock is the Founder and Practice Lead at Biesshop Consulting, a development and consulting firm based in Nairobi but working across the African continent that helps non-state agencies and community groups establish learning and practice around strategic programming, good governance and functional operational systems. Prior to being a development consultant, Ger spent over six years working with NGOs across different parts of Africa with a key focus on youth programming. He has interests in facilitating learning and sharing experiences as core aspects of enabling communities, especially young people, to design concepts and interventions for responsive public services, participatory [...]

2022-04-14T10:30:29+00:0017th February 2022|

Tula Chepkemoi Rono

Tula Rono graduated from Maasai Mara University with a degree in Purchase and Supplies, after which she went on to study cake and pastry making and later event planning. Her enthusiasm has led her to establish two businesses: Tasty Artsy Cakes and Pastries and Plan it Events, as well as a community-based organization named Sprouted Hope. She founded Sprouted Hope after giving birth as a teen in high school and developing a mental health condition as a result of not being understood by her family and community. Sprouted Hope walks with teenagers and youths to help young mothers understand their [...]

2022-04-14T10:31:57+00:0017th February 2022|

Denis Leparteleg

I'm a proactive Tech-enthusiast with an interest in Software Development. Co- Founder Butterfly techies, a successful, renowned project consultant in the private sector, youth leader and a gender equality advocate specifically to women and girls from marginalized communities in Kenya.

2022-02-17T08:47:26+00:0017th February 2022|

Mariln Gloria Odongo

Marilyn Gloria Odongo is a passionate learner who believes in great systems that advocate for accountability and open governance. Having an economic outlook that is attributed by her studies and experience in various projects, she has seen an opportunity for Africa and especially Kenya to step out of the shadows of corruption and other ills that face her. She aims to build an engaging platform that will bring together leaders and the people towards embracing openness and accountability in all its projects. 

2022-02-17T08:44:46+00:0017th February 2022|

William Tolbert Nyabungu

Mr. William Tolbert is a Community Development practitioner and a consultant on Community Development Solution (CDS) with more than (15) years’ experience in Eastern and Horn of Africa. William has invaluable experience in designing and facilitating processes towards social change, development and transformation at community, organizational, national and regional levels.  His premise for work is embedded on the belief that communities need to be “learning societies”, constantly modifying to succeed in the ever changing environment within which they exist. This philosophy enables an approach that improves society towards dignified life and self- help development.  William is currently working as a [...]

2022-02-17T08:41:43+00:0017th February 2022|

Nicholas Songora Odoll

Nicholas Songora Odoll is a passionate community activist with several years' experience as a human rights defender with a background in development studies. He has been involved in the promotion of social change for better service delivery, accountability, peacebuilding, and conflict management in the coastal region of Kenya. He serves as a Coordinator Elect for the Civil Society Network in the region and is the founder and Director of Manyatta Youth Entertainment – an arts for social change project that gives young people a viable platform to openly discuss and address issues that affect them and their communities. He is [...]

2021-02-09T12:49:58+00:009th February 2021|
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