Sex and relationship expert, singer and actress Karen Lucas, popularly known as Kaz, is one of the three Kenyans selected for the 2021 TED fellowship programme as unveiled by TED on Wednesday.
Filmmaker and cultural innovator Jim Chuchu and mental health innovator Tom Osborn are the two other Kenyans selected.
As a sex and relationship educator, Kaz uses her podcast and TV segment, The Spread, to build a positive and safe space for sexual discourse in Kenya.
She illuminates and confronts the pleasure gap, challenges, restrictive LGBTQ+ policies and emphasises on reproductive rights.
Chuchu is a filmmaker and founder of Nairobi-based artist group called The Nest Collective.
Stories of Our Lives is one of his films celebrates the narratives of Kenya’s queer community despite the pervasive censure in society.
Chuchu also established HEVA Fund which is the first organisation in Nairobi focused on making capital investments in the creative sector and building financial infrastructure around creative pursuits in East Africa.
Osborn is the founder of Shamiri, a youth-led organisation providing mental health care solutions to teens across Kenya.
Shamiri implements evidence-based, low-cost wellness interventions in Kenyan schools in a region where mental health professionals are scarce and disorders are stigmatised.
On Wednesday, TED unveiled 20 fellows for the TED Fellows Programme Class of 2021.
The initiative brings together young world-changers, academics and trailblazers who have shown unusual accomplishment and exceptional courage in their respective disciplines.
The individuals are selected through an intensive application, interview and research process.
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