Our Team
The Youth Alive! Kenya Staff, Volunteers & Interns
Embracing diversity in its truest form, the Youth Alive! Kenya team represents a spectrum of socio-cultural and professional diversity and gender parity. The organisation struggles to maintain gender parity, cultural responsiveness and demographic relevance without compromising on technical competence. As per this, we seek to provide opportunities for qualified young people to apply their technical skills and personal abilities in development work.
Youth Alive! Kenya secretariat is a multidisciplinary team of radiant, dynamic and highly talented young people. Displaying diversity in interest and skill, the team boasts an array of professionals from sociologists, to psychologists, accountants, lawyers, IT and development specialists. Read profiles of individuals currently comprising the Youth Alive! Kenya team.
Margaret Kurumbu
Programme Officer Justice & Human Rights, 28
Maggie, as everyone calls her at Youth Alive! Kenya holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree from Moi University and a Post-graduate Diploma in Law. She also has basic accounting skills-CPA II. Maggie has a passion for children and she strongly believes she can change the world one child at a time.
Boniface Mwangi
Bonnie, as he is known to everyone at Youth Alive! Kenya, believes in living his life to the fullest and that is what led him to Youth Alive! Kenya where he works as the Project Driver for the Custodial Care Health Promotion (CCHPP) project. He is a professional driver, one of the few courteous drivers on the Kenyan roads. Other than that, he has a Certificate in Computers and has his mind set on getting a degree in Information Technology in the near future.
Purity Kiguatha - Programme Officer (Health Programme), 26
Purity Kiguatha holds a B.A. Economics Degree from Moi University and has a passion for Development. Purity who is more confident speaking to a crowd than she is making one on one conversations, strongly believes that the key to the success of our country and other developing economies lies in the potential for innovation and creativity that lies in young people.
Rachael Wandia
Partnerships and Institutional Development Assistant, 24
A graduate of Communication studies from Daystar University, Rachael loves anything that involves the wider aspect of the Communication field – Public Relations, Advertising, Digital Media etc. She believes in the youth and their abilities to change the world around them positively.
Reuben Muriuki - Project Assistant, Health Programme, 24
Reuben is a humble and warm young man with a passion for children, youth and justice. In his own words “What gives me satisfaction in being at Youth Alive! Kenya is the realisation that everyone has a contribution to make and when we all work together bringing in our unique contributions we are able to make big things happen”. He is proud of the fact that the organisation is able to change the lives of the youth and give hope for a better tomorrow through its educative and social empowerment initiatives.
Tony Kiambi Mwebia – Social Worker, 24
A young self motivated B.A. (Social Work) degree graduate from Nairobi University, Tony believes that the future of Kenya lies with the youth and children. His passion for children is what attracted him to Youth Alive! Kenya.
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