Meet the Founder

Who is the Founder of the Soina Foundation?

Anita Soina

Anita Soina, a young Maasai woman from Kenya, is a positive social change catalyst and environmental activist. She the Soina Foundation which seeks to behavioral change in social issues such as sexual reproductive health education, GBV, WASH, education, among others in affected rural communities. Anita is also a TedX speaker, the author of “The Green War,” and an SDG Champion.

Ms. Soina’s passion for activism and a love for understanding what is going on in her country started in high school, where she chaired her local scouting club and took a keen interest in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Her environmental projects started with tree planting, and she gradually moved to more significant steps to protect the planet.

Today, Anita focuses her activism on water security as well as good sanitation practices in order to protect the world’s remaining resources. Being an SDG Champion, she was recently elected as the Global Youth Champion for the UN-hosted Sanitation and Water for All global partnership (SWA).

Anita recently wrote a book called “The Green War” where she shares her current journey, challenges, and future plans to stop environmental degradation. For her efforts, she was nominated to represent Kenya in international conferences such as COP 26 in the UK, UNEA 5, Stockholm plus 50 in Sweden, Sustainable Energy for All Forum in Rwanda, and COP 27.

In the 2022 general elections, Anita was the youngest candidate to run for the position of Member of Parliament in Kenya. At the age of 18, she founded Spice-Warriors-Organization with a strong inclination towards environmental issues, to bring together youths and individuals from different fields of careers to champion environment conservation.

meet founder Anita Soina of the Soina Foundation

Her work has seen her become an ambassador of Wild About Life Campaigns, a joint initiative of The nature conservancy, Northern Rangelands Trust, Kenya Wildlife Conservancy Association, and Light Art club. Anita is passionate about social change, and her primary focus is on environmental policy. With the modern-day global warming surge and Kenya’s significant loss of forest cover, Anita has dedicated her life to the protection of the environment.

Anita hopes to use her voice to advocate for social justice on water, sanitation, and hygiene issues globally. Overall, Anita’s activism and service run deep, and she continues to inspire change and champion for a better world to live in.