About us
Young Muslim Association
Changing lives for the better
Young Muslim Association (YMA) was established on 16th July 1964 as a small charity working in Nairobi, Kenya. Its mission was social welfare and youth awareness work.
Our Focus
Education
Food Relief
Water Projects
Youth and Women Empowerment
Agriculture
Environmental and Wildlife Conservation
In 1968, after war had ravaged North-Eastern Kenya, YMA members travelled to Garissa and found countless people made homeless and without support; chiefly among whom were an untold number of orphans who were in the most vulnerable of states. This started off efforts by the Association to set up an orphanage and outreach programs to support and steadily improve the lives of thousands of children over the coming years.
Young Muslim Association (YMA) is dully registered under the Non-Governmental Organization Coordination Act ,1994.
Young Muslim Association’s longest running and most important project, is the Young Muslim Children’s Home (YMCH) in Garissa, North Eastern Kenya. This project was started in 1969. We strive to provide quality home care and education, both Islamic and secular, to orphan boys from the age of 6 years until they reach 18 years. During this period, the orphans are fully sponsored in their education by attending Young Muslim Academy and Young Muslim High School
Core Objectives
- To become a guardian for the orphans of Kenya.
- To promote righteousness, mercy and moral principles to all, especially the youth.
- To empower and enrich the community through education, training and opportunity.
Our History
The Young Muslim Association was established as a religious organization in 1964.
The founding members who were youngsters formed the Association whose main objective was Islam and committing to the cause of Islam for spiritual motivation and religious matters like Salah, Quran, and other Islamic-related issues. This promoted a positive impact on the Muslim community in Islamic matters like Salah punctuality and others.
Some of the founding members are;
- The Late Brother Muneer Diwan
- The late Brother Kassim Mahatay
- Brother Shabir Diwan
- Brother AbdulKhaliq and others.
Later, other officials were introduced to YMA. They included;
- Brother Abdul Wahid Sheikh
- Brother Akram Bhati
- Brother Farooq Slatch
- Abdulhamid Slatch and others.
TRUSTEE
Shaykh Moti-ur-Rasool
Our head office TEAM
YMA has a great team of staff that allows our projects to run smoothly and efficiently
honorary secretary general
Br. Altaf Ganatra
Honorary chairman
Br. Abubakar Bajaber
Honorary Vice Chairman
Sheikh Ahmed Alvi
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