Nasra Farook

Change making is a process and leadership is a journey. Each and every step of the way is equally significant towards achieving great desired milestones. This makes it profoundly deductible that working in social innovation and the impact sector is certainly a challenging yet ultimately fulfilling task. Just but a few elements needed to be input towards excellence are lots of sacrifice, long working hours and an unwavering commitment.

MTY appreciates the value of each individual to actualize the change is desirable see in society.  Celebrating differences, a robust social support system and peer to peer validation goes a long way to motivating change makers to keep doing what they do to make society a better place.

In March this year, Nasra Farook got one of the highest accolades that passionate young change makers in East and central Africa anticipate: induction into the prestigious Young African Leadership Initiative. From a pool of over 6,000 applicants, Nasra was one of only 100 Fellows who were chosen into the YALI program. Nasra has been one of the loyal volunteers with MTY since 2017 and she recently started her own initiative on charity and health programs along the Coastal region. Currently, she is equally giving back to society as a teacher and runs a mentorship club at her school. She uses this as a platform to inspire and share her experiences with students so as to give them hope and enable them to find purpose in their lives before they live high school.  

The YALI program was founded by Former US President Obama as a platform to identify promising change makers in East and central Africa and support them in acquiring the necessary skills and networks needed to propagate ethical and egalitarian leadership on the continent.