Akili Dada
Kenya
Nurturing transformative leadership in girls and young women
Details
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Organisation Name Akili Dada |
Registration body / Regulator website www.ngobureau.go.ke |
Offering women's-only programmes Women's-only |
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Organisation Types Youth-led organisation, Youth-serving organisation |
Country of operation Kenya |
Is the organization profit-making? No |
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Short mission statement Nurturing transformative leadership in girls and young women |
Focus areas Education and Skills Development, Governance and Youth Empowerment |
Please advise on source of funding / donor(s) Private Foundations, Corporates and Individuals |
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Organisation address in text format for site search purposes 27847-00100 Nairobi |
Mission of the organization Our mission is to nurture transformative leadership in girls and young women from underserved backgrounds to meet the urgent need for more African women in leadership and key decision making spaces. Dr. Wanjiru Kamau Rutenberg founded Akili Dada in 2005. As a feminist researcher and 2018 Tutu Fellow, Wanjiru wrote her doctoral research on the bottlenecks limiting African women's access to decision-making spaces. It was here that she became convinced that leadership is not accidental but rather must be nurtured with intention and purpose. Her research inspired Akili Dada, an organization that enables young African women to pursue educational and leadership opportunities not previously available to them so that they can emerge as ethical leaders and take their rightful places in society |
Organisation website – full URL |
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Full name of organisation’s contact person Joy Zawadi |
Social impact Statement Since 2006, we have educated 148 young girls from underserved backgrounds. Since 2014, we have equipped 74 young girls with 21st-century skills and life skills that prepare them to readily face the work industry on completing university studies. Additionally, 51 young women ha have been equipped with social entrepreneurship and innovation skills. Since 2009 more than 45,000 individuals have collectively been impacted through girl and young women leaders social change initiatives. |
Full link to Twitter account |
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Email address of the organisation joy@akilidada.org |
Full name of Founder / President Wanjiru Kamau Rutenberg |
Full link to Facebook page |
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Telephone Number +254721 552120 |
Full name of current President/CEO Purity Kagwiria |
Full link to Instagram |
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Is the organisation registered/certified Yes |
Total number of staff members? 13 |
Number of beneficiaries? 1,000-100 000 |
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Please select your registration date 01 December 2006 2:00 am |
Number of staff 18-40? 13 |
Countries covered, or geographic footprint Nationally, Akili Dada works across 27 counties in Kenya with programmatic reach in Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan. |
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Registration body / Regulator Non-Governmental Organizations Board |
Youth organisation location
Block B, Saachi Plaza along Argwings Kodhek Road, Nairobi, Kenya
