Dorothy Onyango is the founder and CEO of WOFAK. Her goal, in the beginning, was to form a group that would help women living with HIV. She has been at the forefront of fighting for the rights of People Living with HIV for more than 25 years. She is passionate about ensuring women living with HIV are economically empowered, access their sexual reproductive health rights, and treatment.
She participates in the development of key national and international policies and guidelines. She representatives the organization at national and international forums, conferences, technical working groups, and advisory boards. Dorothy was the first chair of the NEPHAK board. She has served on the following boards: National Council of Children Services, ICW Global, ICW East Africa, and the Chair of Pan Africa Positive Women's Coalition (PAPWC). She currently sits in the National AIDS Control Council (NACC) board.
She has represented the country as the NGO constituency chair of the Kenya Country Mechanism in the Global Fund