Winfred Mukosi: From noise to voice to impact
Winnie is a Moi University graduate with a Bachelor of Business Management. She is the founder of Linda Watoto, a Community Based Organisation (CBO) that runs its operations in Makueni county. The CBO advocates for children rights, mentors’ kids to grow and be part of a promising generation that will run the nation in later days. She is also an advocate for gender equality and equity. An enthusiast of politics and governance, Winnie is the current county lead of Tunaweza in Makueni county where she leads advocacy for good governance and youth engagement.
I am a living testimony, of transformation; from being a noise maker, to a voice of the voiceless.
Besides being the Tunaweza county lead and founder of Linda Watoto, she is also a member of the Regional Women Forum of International Conference of the Great Lakes Region, an appointment she recently got to serve in the Kenyan chapter of ICGLR RWF as the person in-charge of Humanitarian and Social issues pillar at national level. In the line of children and gender rights, she is a member of Makueni county gender-based violence (GBV) committee and a trained anti-GBV champion by the gender violence recovery centre of Nairobi women. Currently she is working on having a POLICARE centre – a one-stop centre for handling GBV cases- in Makueni county.
She credits much of her current confidence and abilities to her ELF training. Through this, she got to understand herself and started unlocking her potential and activating them.
“My first interaction with ELF Africa was in June 2018 during the youth devolution conference. I learnt so much about devolution and the NOISE to VOICE became my assignment. Seven months after the devolution conference, I heard that ELF was coming to our county, I expressed my interest to be part of the team that was trained. That was the greatest eye opener to my advocacy and governance work: the budgeting process, the county government documents, the devolution structure, roles of every leader, how to get information and the petition process. By the end of the training I became a VOICE.”
She has also been able to grow on her digital advocacy skills, personal branding, and fact-finding courtesy of her Husika training, that she got at ELF.
As the Tunaweza county lead, she is leading a team of 22 young vibrant members who together, they train and share their advocacy knowledge with other people in the county and lead. They also train people on social accountability and the budgeting making process.
“This country is full of energetic youth, if ELF and other stakeholders can reach out to each and everyone one of them and make them unearth their potentials, I am sure it will leave most of them transformed. We should not be united when tearing each other down but when building ourselves and the nation,” Winnie.
“I am a living testimony, of transformation; from being a noise maker, to a voice of the voiceless and I can see the great impact. From noise to voice and impact”
I really love this Winnie. You are a true definition of what a leader really is. Bravo!
Pongezi sana Kiongozi na uzidi kutenda mema kusaidia vijana.. Barikiwa sana
May God bless you GVB.
Congratulations I love what you are Winnie.God bless you so much
This leaves a positive impact to the community. The initiative needs support.
Great
@winnie mukosi you’re a light of future girls as per your courage and determination on moderating them and your fight on GBV.
I have read this again and again and all I can say, Glory be to God
Very much true i have really seen ur ability.keep on.
Wow, what an inspiration Winnie A great example to the youths. Your impact is now being felt in Makueni County and that’s the way to go. Am a proud cousin
Winnie has made a very great impact on the youths in Makueni.Her deeds speaks volumes.May she be blessed.
Together we can.We are the future and voice for our country
This is a good work on what is happening on the ground .Iam also a community development practitioner and am will to partner with you to share our knowledge.