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Employability training delivers life-changing opportunity to slum youth
-William moved to Nairobi from his rural home in western Kenya in 2019, shortly after completing his high school education,…
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Youth secures job opportunities after employability skills training
-When Francis Otieno Juma graduated with a degree in agriculture and enterprise development in December 2018, he hoped to get…
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SHOFCO Library User Comes Second in 2020 KCSE
-When Kenya’s Education Cabinet Secretary Professor George Magoha was announcing the 2020 Kenya Certificate of Education (KCSE) results, Allan Wasonga…
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Empowering Entrepreneurs in Kenya’s Urban Slums
-Irene had been running her business for a few years in Mathare urban slum before she enrolled in entrepreneurship and…
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Education and the COVID-19 Pandemic
-In a world far removed from zoom classes and online learning, SHOFCO’s teachers and care workers at the Kibera and…
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Employability training opened my eyes to start seeing business ideas in my environment
-Halima Shabani, joined SHOFCO’s employability program in 2017. She says: “I gained a lot of skills including the ability to…
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How SHOFCO is Transforming Lives of Young People in Urban Slums
-Joyce Ambogo is an entrepreneur in Kibera slum. She dropped out of school in her second year in high school…
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Fighting HIV and AIDS in Kenya’s Slums
-According to the Kenya HIV Estimates Report of 2018, the total number of people living with HIV in Kenya in…
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Adult Literacy: Mother of Three Beats Odds to score 301 marks in 2019 KCPE
-Like SHOFCO’s Grade 8 students, most students who sit for the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) exams are 13…
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In three urban slums, SHOFCO is successfully integrating early childhood development education and nutrition needs of children under age five
-The first 1,000 days of a child’s life are critical to physical and mental development. Proper nutrition, healthcare and sanitation…
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