Njelekela Ashura Michael

Njelekela Ashura Michael has over four years’ experience in various fields of advocacy and peacebuilding, and volunteers in many organizations. She is a co-chair at the Global Partnership on Children with Disabilities Youth council; gender and social inclusion officer at Peace Ambassadors Integrated Organization; secretary general of the Youth section at the Kenya National Association of the Deaf; and founder of We are the People Initiative, where she focuses on peacebuilding and advocating for the rights of persons with disabilities. Njelekela Ashura Michael holds diploma in Law and is currently undertaking a bachelor’s degree in Gender and African Studies at the University of Nairobi. Upon completion of the Fellowship, Ashura plans to continue her work on peacebuilding and gender, focusing on disabled persons’ rights and equal opportunities. Ashura is guided by Mother Teresa’s principle: ‘I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples.’