Naom Monari is a social health innovator and founder of Bena Care a highly impactful and award-winning social enterprise in Kenya. Witnessing system gaps in healthcare while a student nurse, Naom has founded and has scaled Bena Care from a one-person initiative to a movement of over 3,000 healthcare workers. Her work has provided lifesaving care to thousands of patients and driven community level social transformation. Naom has been awarded prestigious awards and global fellowships such as Global citizen waislitz award, westerwelle young founder of the year, Echoing Green, Global good fund, Stanford seed and Johnson and Johnson frontline health worker fund.
Her work is supported by development partners such as Boehringer Ingelheim, Madiro, Villgro Africa, IDRC and Village capital. She collaborates with county governments and academia for research and innovation.She is currently building a blueprint for decentralizing healthcare in Africa – to make high quality care accessible to underserved populations across the continent.