Mbuki Mburu

As the Senior Partnership and Member engagement Officer, Mbuki Mburu leads the development and implementation of Girls Not Brides’ global member engagement strategy. She supports Girls Not Brides regional teams in their work with members and National and State level Partnerships and coalitions. She works closely with regional teams based in Africa, Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean to ensure that Girls Not Brides members benefit from their membership of the Global Partnership to end child marriage. Mbuki is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Mbuki believes in collaboration, alliance and movement building to build sustainable interventions and societies. She has founded, supported and managed movements and coalitions both at the national level and the regional level. Coming from a rural village in Kenya where access to education and opportunities for girls is a perennial challenge, she has continuously advocated for girls and women rights in access to opportunities and representation. Through her work in communities, she has had opportunities to influence policies and interventions at the national, regional and international level. The most notable one was addressing the heads of states and governments at the United Nations General Assembly on advancing sexual and reproductive health rights for girls and young women.

Mbuki is 2022 Daima Trust leadership awardee for diversity & Inclusion in youth leadership. In 2020, she was recognized and awarded as an Africa Laureate- Africa 35 under 35 young change makers in advocacy and community action. In 2019, she was recognized as a young woman under 30, most inspiring young Kenyans in the governance sector.

Mbuki’s 8 years of experience spans across local NGOs, INGO, public and private sectors. Previously, Mbuki led a national campaign on ending teen pregnancies in Kenya at Amref Health Africa. At a public sector level, she has been appointed to serve in technical committees to advise government on certain issues. At private sector level, she has served as a director of a leading financial institution in Kenya and a trustee of a foundation among other board member roles in local NGOs.

Mbuki holds a B.A in international relations, concentration in Development Studies and a Minor in Management. She holds post graduate certifications in Project Planning and Management, Communication for Development, MEAL, Impact Evaluation for Public Policy among others. Mbuki is fluent in English, Kiswahili and Sheng and have the basics of French language.