Executive Profile

Charles Ochieng

Core Expertise

  • Community Development & Mobilization
  • Youth & Women's Empowerment
  • Child Protection & Welfare
  • Social Entrepreneurship & Microfinance
  • NGO Leadership & Capacity Building

Charles Ochieng

Founder & Program Coordinator, DISC Initiatives

Charles Ochieng is a Kenyan community development leader, social entrepreneur, and nonprofit executive dedicated to transforming lives through education, economic empowerment, healthcare, and sustainable community development. As the Founder and Program Coordinator of DISC Initiatives, he has spent more than seventeen years leading grassroots programs that empower vulnerable children, youth, women, and marginalized communities across Kenya.

His work is driven by the belief that lasting development begins when communities discover their own potential and are equipped with the knowledge, skills, and opportunities to build sustainable livelihoods. Under his leadership, DISC Initiatives has successfully implemented widespread programs in youth empowerment, entrepreneurship, environmental conservation, child protection, education support, healthcare access, food security, and community resilience.