Aileen Wanjiku Fry Email & Phone Number

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.
• 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

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