Joseph Kimani Njuguna is a passionate advocate of social empowerment and justice working in the field of promoting peace, leadership and good governance. While a high school student, he co-founded an initiative called the National Students Council for Peace (NSCP) which seeks to promote peace and build leadership and active citizenship amongst high school students in Kenya. Joseph’s work with NSCP led to his recognition as one of 20 outstanding young social entrepreneurs in the world in which he was honoured by the International Youth Foundation.

Joseph continues with his quest for social justice, peace and development through his work as Program Manager for the Africa Youth Trust, a youth-led organization working towards harnessing the energies of African youth to promote development and good governance in Africa. He is driven by his firm belief that the youth are indeed positive agents of peace and change who ought to be nurtured early in life and given the chance to unleash their great potential for the good of society.