The Mathare Youth Sports Association (MYSA) started in 1987 as a small self help youth sports and slum cleanup project in the Mathare Valley, one of Africa’s largest and poorest slum. Today over 18,000 youth participate in the MYSA self help sports, slum clean up, AIDS prevention, leadership training programs, Anti child labour programme and other community development activities.

Vision: To empower the youth through sports and create future leaders Mission statement: To provide the youth in Mathare slums, Kenya and neighbouring countries with a chance to excel on and off the playing field through self-help sports and other development activities which help themselves and others in their community

One of the UN’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases. The fundamental elements of sport in MYSA make it a practical tool to support the achievement of this goal. Sport has an impact on health and reduces the likelihood of many diseases. Sports program serve as an effective tool for social mobilization, supporting health activities such as HIV/AIDS education and immunization campaigns. Sports can be a significant economic force, providing employment and contributing to local development. It is also a key site and natural draw for volunteer involvement. Furthermore, participation in sport supports the preservation of a clean and healthy environment. We have been using movement games through participatory approach in reaching members of the community with information on reproductive health issues. We have successfully reached a significant amount of people in our working areas through use of the KAO approach.

John Ndichu Ng’ethe, George Nange Otieno, Peter Karanja - Executive director, David Thiru Human - resource and Monitoring and evaluation, Henry Majale - Deputy Director

+254-020-2062353, 020-2416651

P.O Box 69038-00622 Nairobi, Kenya

Komarock estate off Kangudo road