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About Us
History
Our Story, From Lived Experience to Community-Led Transformation
Africa Aid Vision (AAV) was founded in 2015 by individuals who grew up in the heart of Kibera, one of Africa’s largest informal settlements. From an early age, our founders witnessed the realities of poverty, hunger, limited access to education, unsafe living conditions, and systemic inequality. These experiences shaped a lifelong conviction: poverty is not a destiny, and lasting change must be led by the people closest to the challenge.
What began as a grassroots effort to support vulnerable children has grown into a community-centered development organization working across multiple sectors to address the interconnected challenges facing underserved communities.
Africa Aid Vision exists not to offer short-term aid, but to build long-term solutions rooted in dignity, resilience, and local leadership.
Our Directors
Africa Aid Vision is guided by a Board of Directors whose leadership is rooted in lived experience, community service, and a shared commitment to dignity, accountability, and sustainable development. The Directors provide strategic oversight while remaining closely connected to the communities AAV serves.
Charles Ayoro
Founder and Chairman
Charles Ayoro is a founder of Africa Aid Vision and a long-standing community advocate. Raised in Kibera, he witnessed firsthand the daily struggles faced by families, women, and young people living in informal settlements. These experiences inspired his commitment to building practical, sustainable solutions that respond to real community needs.
Charles provides leadership in community mobilization, livelihoods, and social protection initiatives. He plays a key role in strengthening partnerships, supporting grassroots leadership, and ensuring that AAV programs remain responsive and accountable to the people they serve.
Statement from Charles Ayoro:
“True development happens when communities are trusted to lead. Our role is not to impose solutions, but to walk alongside people as they build resilience, dignity, and lasting change.”
Nicholas Amito
Founder and Director
Nicholas Amito is a founder of Africa Aid Vision and brings lived experience from growing up in Kibera, Nairobi. His personal journey through poverty, limited access to education, and social exclusion shaped his conviction that real change must be led by communities themselves.
He provides strategic leadership with a strong focus on education access, youth empowerment, and community-led development. Nicholas is deeply committed to ensuring that AAV remains grounded in its founding values of dignity, inclusion, and empowerment over charity.
Statement from Nicholas Amito:
“My lived experience taught me that poverty is not a lack of potential, but a lack of opportunity. Africa Aid Vision exists to ensure that communities are not treated as beneficiaries, but as leaders of their own transformation.”
Our Vision
A just, resilient, and self-reliant Africa where every individual, regardless of background, has access to opportunity, dignity, and the ability to shape their own future.
Our Mission
Africa Aid Vision exists to uplift vulnerable communities across Africa through inclusive education, livelihood strengthening, health and WASH solutions, climate resilience, and community-led peace and protection initiatives.
Rooted in lived experience, we work alongside communities as partners, designing sustainable solutions that restore dignity, build resilience, and support long-term self-reliance.
Achievements
- panded access to education for hundreds of orphaned and vulnerable children through school support, mentorship, and feeding programs.
- Established digital learning hubs and ICT training programs, equipping students and youth with essential 21st-century skills.
- Trained hundreds of smallholder farmers in sustainable agriculture, nutrition, and climate-smart farming practices.
- Improved access to clean water, sanitation, and hygiene through community water systems and hygiene promotion initiatives.
- Supported women and girls at risk through GBV prevention, psychosocial support, and leadership development under the Women, Peace & Security pillar.
- Launched youth and women livelihood initiatives, including entrepreneurship training, vocational skills, and income-generating activities.
- Led environmental awareness and tree-planting campaigns, restoring degraded spaces and building climate consciousness in schools and communities.
- Strengthened community leadership and local governance structures, ensuring programs are community-owned and sustainable.
- Built strong partnerships with local communities, civil society organizations, and institutions to scale impact responsibly.
- Reached thousands of individuals and households across multiple counties in Kenya through integrated, community-led programs.
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Together, we can empower vulnerable communities across Africa.
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