Vickie Wambura Kairo

Vickie Wambura Kairo has over six years of experience engaging with the criminal justice system in Kenya with a particular focus on prisons. Vickie Wambura Kairo is the founder and Executive Director of Nafisika Trust. Under her leadership Nafisika has become a key partner in the prisons where they have successfully implemented programs aimed at reducing recidivism among inmates through behavior change and economic empowerment skills training. In recognition of her work and transformative approach, she was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 2013. She holds a Cambridge International diploma in Business Management and is an alumnus of the Institute for National Transformation, a pan African organization that works to train and impact transformational leaders across different spheres. Upon completion of the Washington Fellowship, Vickie plans to work on enhancing communication and prisoner information sharing among the different stakeholders in the criminal justice system in Kenya.