About the MaSCA Team

Charles grew up in Mathare and now lives in Ottawa, Canada while remaining an active member of the Mathare community. Charles is an avid football player, passionate about creating opportunities for youth through sports.

Katie is an urban planner who is passionate about creative and collaborative public space development, especially in the challenging environment of Mathare. Katie is focusing on ways to grow MaSCA through communications and fundraising.

Lucas was born and raised in Mathare. He is an active member of the Mathare Community with a long history of working with local NGOs. Lucas works with the community to engage volunteers, community members and local partners.

Luis is a portuguese Architect currently living in Switzerland. He also has experience in Urban Planning working for UN-Habitat and he is interested in participatory process, emergency response and risk management.

Emily was born and lives in Mathare, Kenya. Emily is very active in the Mathare Community and actively finds new programs that MaSCA can support in Mathare. Emily runs the monthly children’s lunch in the Mathare community centre.

Kareem was introduced to the Mathare Community while completing a work term in Nairobi. As an avid public policy and community building enthusiast, Kareem works on policy & strategy development and is passionate about social justice, equity, and human rights.

Idris was born in Kenya but now lives in Ottawa, Canada. Having spend part of his childhood in Mathare, Idris cares about programs that create opportunities for women and children and works to connect international charities with the Mathare Community.

Nina lives in Ottawa, Canada. Nina focuses on growth and development of the international MaSCA community and leads international communications and the fundraising strategy, and is really excited about rebuilding the Kinatco community centre.