Cindy Amaiza
Cindy Amaiza
Cindy Amaiza is a Kenyan HIV/AIDS activist. She is an MPH student living in Nairobi. She is associated with Partnership to Inspire, Transform, and Connect the HIV response (PITCH) partner organization Ambassador for Youth and Adolescent Reproductive Health Program (AYARHEP). She is also the founder of Y+ Kenya, which united young people living with HIV such as herself from six separate Kenyan orga
"“I was inspired to do this work because young people are always left behind in the HIV space. Growing up, I saw people dying from preventable causes simply because they didn’t have access to treatment or felt too stigmatised to ask for it.”"
"“The work starts at home—with national budgets, political will, and systems that serve women and girls. Don’t outsource your commitments. Own them.”"
"“We focus so much on survival, but what about living? We’re losing young people to non-communicable diseases because we’re not integrating healthcare services; HIV is not what is killing them. That has to change.”"
"“We need more than good intentions. We need investments—flexible, feminist, and rooted in the lived realities of young people. You cannot talk about progress and leave AGYW behind.”"
