Aileen Wanjiku Fry Email & Phone Number

Nairobi County, Kenya

London Area, United Kingdom

Managed a network of 104 creative projects working with homelessness in the Global South. Facilitated meetings to share knowledge, build capacity, and co-create strategies to strengthen the arts and homelessness sector worldwide.

Nairobi, Kenya

• Analyzes Missing Voices’ data on extra-judicial executions (EJEs) and enforced disappearances (EDs), engages in dialogues with survivors and victims of EJEs and EDs to assess their needs and submits quarterly reports to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for the UN ‘Prevention and Integrated Analysis Report’ • Responsible for creating the annual plan, designing and implementing quarterly campaigns and events, processing requisitions, monitoring and evaluating activities and coordinating members of the Coalition.• Partners with communities, human rights defenders and survivors and victims of police excesses to conceptualize and create artistic content raising awareness of police violence and advocating for police reforms • While Program Coordinator of Missing Voices, broadened the Coalition’s objectives to center communities’ needs and incorporate campaigns, activities and capacity building workshops • Managed the 'Uwaga' music video; a music video that inspires Kenyans to stand up against police brutality and illustrates the power of unity. • Conceptualised and managed the 'Our Voices are Irresistible' project which united and and empowered 21 artivists (artists + activists) from diverse backgrounds in Nairobi• Took up the role of co-author and researcher for the ‘Delayed Justice: 2021 Missing Voices Annual Report’

London Area, United Kingdom

• Interviewed key people from the arts and homelessness sector to build a comprehensive homelessness ecosystem in order to identify legislations, policy gaps and prevalent actors within the sector• Researched and mapped different Global South initiatives in arts and homelessness sector to create an international network of organisations and artists• Assessed organisations within the network to create recommendations for funding a capacity building workshops• Used articles, videos and lived experiences to disseminate research findings• Published an essay in the Creativity, Culture & Capital volume 2 with Nesta • Acted as moderator for a panel discussion during the Arts and Homelessness October Coventry Festival

• Conducted field research for IBON International's People Powered Sustainable Consumption and Production project.• Interviewed important stakeholders within the government, civil society organisations and grassroots organisations • Analysed the results from the study and co-authored a solution-based research paper• Presented the research to the board members of IBON International and donors

Nairobi, Kenya

• From April 2019 until August 2019 took up the roles of Safety and Dignity Officer such as; campaigner for Missing Voices, networker for Safety and Dignity’s circle of conscience and assistant in budget management • Worked closely with grassroot organizations to access their needs for capacity building trainings• Supported the communications team and used social media to advocate for police accountability and community security• Supported in development of seminars, trainings, concept notes and writing reports

• Conducted participatory action research for the “Maji Ni Haki” report. • Documented and reported human rights violations occurring in the community • Assisted in the planning, logistics, and coordination of events and demonstrations