Fauziah Wanjiru is a survivor, facilitator and human rights activist based in Kenya. Currently, she is working with Footprint to Freedom, a survivor-led organization, as Region Coordinator East Africa. She serves as the main point of contact and subject matter expert on human trafficking, programs, and activities done in Uganda, Kenya, and Rwanda on behalf of Footprint to Freedom.
As a survivor of labor trafficking in the Middle East and an activist, she stands and speaks up for victims and survivors of human trafficking creating awareness of the exploitative situations many women find themselves in. Her main interest is identifying and solving problems that affect the communities, more specifically survivors and vulnerable children, women and youth primarily in informal settlements.
Her passion for a safe and progressive community has led her to win various accolades including; she-for-he awards at the United Nations Sustainable Goals Development supported by UN Women.
She is industrious, humble, and likes working in groups as she seeks to solve problems. She has gained experience working with the Solidarity Center and Centre for Rights Education and Awareness (CREAW).
Her love for reading has made her work on a project dubbed ‘save a woman’. This project seeks to save women from human trafficking, gender-based violence, and early marriage and prevent them from experiencing the situations that constantly endanger their lives as women. It will also educate women on the dangers of out-of-state casual jobs.
