James Musyoka

Co-Founder and Executive Director, Kenya

Co-founder of Kenya Connect, James brings over a twenty-five years experience in community development to Kenya Connect along with a deep commitment to global peace. He strongly believes in culture as a resource and education as a tool for empowering communities to self-sustenance. James’ innovative spirit, creativity, and dedication has resulted in Kenya Connect being the leading NGO in Mwala sub-county with 71 partner schools participating in our programs. James is also a Rotarian. In 2016, he was awarded a Paul Harris Rotary Fellowship Award by Sunshine Coast-Sechelt Rotary Club in British Columbia, Canada. The author of “The Boy Who Read Newspapers” and an avid reader, James is thrilled that Kenya Connect’s work is nurturing a village of readers. James has participated in international conferences hosted by the Gupta Family Foundation where he has talked about sustainable community development models. James graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in anthropology from the University of Nairobi. He is married and a proud father of three daughters.