I am a changemaker who has worked with the youth to improve the living standard of people living in Nairobi slums.
I strongly feel connected working in the slums. The reason being that this is where I was born and spent my adult life trying to make ends meet. I believe in the saying, "Improve, Don't Move". I want to help improve the lives of people in the slums even if it is going to be in a small measure.
A change that everyone can afford basic necessities in their lives.
George is an experience leader in youth leadership and management. He has worked with various youth organizations in Nairobi, some of which he helped found. He has helped train youth in leadership and management skills, and as well supported institutions helping AIDS orphaned children in Kenya. In 2003, Mr. Onyango was the Festival Coordinator of Africamix-Kenya, which raised funds for and awareness about child health, well-being, and abuse, focusing in particular on HIV/AIDS in Kenya. Mr. Onyango is also a member of international arts coalition, ActALIVE, whose members use the arts to address HIV/AIDS. He has been organizing a series of parties for children living in four different homes in Nairobi, all of whom are HIV/AIDS-affected, and many of whom are orphans since 2003. This is a yearly event that George organizes to raise funds to organize Christmas parties for several homes that deals with orphans and HIV positive children.
George was the YouthActionNet Award winner of 2002, and also Acumen Fund Fellow Finalist of 2008. George has experience in developing youth capacity and improving the livelihood of young people living in the slums of Nairobi-Kenya.
George was Jury Member for the 2007Global Young Social Entrepreneurs' Competition, a Program under the Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP) supporting emerging young entrepreneurs around the world.
Between August 2004 and May 2005, Mr. Onyango undertook a certificate in Nonprofit Management from Johns Hopkins University, Institute for Policy Studies, Center for Civil Society Studies, specializes in Managing Nonprofit Organizations, Evaluation and Monitoring, and Strategic Planning in Baltimore, Maryland-U.S.A. Prior to that, Mr. Onyango had taken a Management of Information Systems course (Diploma I &II) at the Kenya School of Professional Studies Between January 1997- September 1998 in Nairobi-Kenya.
George is volunteering with a number of organizations around the world such as Health and Development Network based in Thailand where he is a reporter, and TakingITGlobal an international organization - led by youth and enabled by technology, of which Mr. Onyango is a Project Editor. His duties & responsibilities includes:
• Editing and approving Projects that are submitted into the TakingITGlobal online
Projects Database.
• Responding to general member email inquiries
As the Project Administrator/Deputy Director with Slums Information Development & Resource Centres (SIDAREC), an organization he helped found, Mr. Onyango oversee arrange of programs which are geared towards solving community problems. He also oversee staff/program development, monitoring, evaluation and fundraising.
