Meet Asha, KGSA Alumna
October 15 @ 4:30 am – 6:30 pm
Join the The KGSA Foundation for a Denver Happy Hour at Left Hand Brewery RiNO to meet Asha.
Asha Jaffar, a Journalist, has contributed to foreign and local media and in 2014 won the Special Award of the Haller Prize for Development Journalism. Between 2013 and 2015, she worked in communications for the non-profit Action Aid and has worked as an assistant producer, translator and editor for major film companies in Kenya and abroad. Born and raised in Nairobi, Asha speaks fluent Swahili, Arabic, French and English. Asha was voted the 2020 Activist of the Year for her humanitarian work in 2021 named the most influential Activist in Kenya. Asha graduated from the Kibera Girls Soccer Academy (KGSA) in 2011 and has a Bachelor’s Degree in Information Science from Moi University. She serves on the KGSA board of directors that oversees the school’s operations. Asha has been featured in NYT and National Geographic for her Kibra Food Drive supporting needy families during the pandemic.