Mathare Youth Sports Association

[1] MYSA was founded in 1987 by Canadian Bob Munro (1942-2025)[2][3][4][5][6][7] who was an advisor at the time for the United Nations in Nairobi, for environmental policy, water resources management and sustainable development.

Football players Doreen Nabwire,[12] Dennis Oliech of AJ Auxerre and Jamal Mohammed once started their careers at MYSA.

Players like Simon Kiongi, Osman Ngaiwa, Solomon Teklu, Duncan Ochieng, Edgar Ochieng, Late Edwardo Gallo, Charles Opiyo, Kennedy Kagwa, Peter Karanja, Maurice Wambua, Abdul Hack, 'Gaza', Late Peter Serry, Mathews Ottamax, Late John Magwe, John Mwaura, Don Bosco, Keseko, Zangi Omondi, and guided by MYSA officials like Tom Tumbo and Salim Mohammed, and Coach Leonard Saleh were the core of the resurgence of MYSA into a superpower.

[1][8][10][11] MYSA was twice nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize and is financially supported by the Royal Dutch Football Association and the Norwegian Strømme Foundation.

[1][8][9][10][11] MYSA has moulded some of the best Athletes, Artists, Activists, and Councillors known as MCA's, it has shaped the community into a hub of Greatness Within, Products of MYSA have gone international, making a difference in Canada, United Kingdom, United States, and in Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Sweden, and also within the continent of Africa.