About us

Background history

Hard-working people struggling to care for their families. Children lacking food, education, heath care and a brighter future. Gracious men and women using meager resources to provide meals for guests. This is what we experienced every time we visit a rural community in Kenya. It was heartwarming and heartbreaking. If you visit a rural village you will be stunned to see so many industrious men and women in such dire straits. Our empathy for the poor led to the founding of Trans Youth Fund Agency (TYFA) in 2007.

O’Brian studied several models of development before charting our course. Most of them provided temporary relief with relatively little long-term benefit. Many failed to reach rural areas. Brian envisioned a program that would have a profound impact on extreme poverty - not just for a day, or even for a year, but for a lifetime.

Over the past one year, TYFA has developed a successful program that combines training, seed capital grants and ongoing mentorship to help committed, hard-working people launch small businesses. A dedicated collective of staff and volunteers in-country lend their expert skills, experience and passion to this vital work.

Our zeal for rendering poverty obsolete is contagious. In the next 3 years, we anticipate to see donations grow from $300,000 to $930,000. Most of our support comes from caring individuals who want to make a difference. Foundations, churches and corporations have also caught the fever. The combined pool of funds supports over 66,250 people in every fiscal from 2008-2013. Just think: The total cost of transforming one person’s life through VEF is only $14!

Mission and Vision statement

TYVA is committed to providing Kenya community with a helping hand in small business management and help organized individuals in starting and operating small business i.e. providing small business management training, providing practical specialization in poultry farming, photography, Video taking and record keeping and also online research.

The main object of this project is commitment toward holistic liberation of the members from their afflicting circumstances namely: spiritual, physical, emotional and economical bondage. The ultimate goal is to see that the targeted community become healthy and fulfilled with a steady income even if it will be small but with a well written plan they will manage to account for every penny they will raise and use in efforts to eradicate poverty.

Founders:

Cornelius O’brien serves tirelessly as TYFA CEO. He is among the TYFA founders. He has considerable marketing expertise from managing her own consulting practice and through his prior work with Marahills Computer Systems and KPLC. He is involved in leadership roles with TMD. O’brien received an undergraduate degree from KIHBT. Serving with Trans Youth Fund Agency is an ideal match with his interests in business, faith, Kenya and Africa.

Wesley Korir is Director of Finance. He holds accounting degree from university of Nairobi and has been involved in financing and building small enterprises. Trans Youth Fund Agency provided Wesley with an opportunity to rekindle his interests and apply his financial expertise to encourage entrepreneurship in Kenya.

Kistus Onditi is the Training Director. He holds a BSc. Degree from Kenyatta University, Nairobi. He has worked in various public and private high schools throughout Kenya. His experience has really moved Tyfa to another stage in Training.

For more information about our agency, we welcome your comments/inquiries through our email: tyaagency@gmail.com or call: +254720466479