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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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Anti-SGBV Champion: “The positive impact of my work keeps me going.”
-It is 11:28am. Rukia Godana arrives at SHOFCO gender office in the slum of Mukuru Kwa Njenga in Kenya’s capital,…
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She never thought she could make it, now she’s starting her own business
-Before SHOFCO, Sarah Akinyi’s family’s life in Kibera slum, was a struggle. “I used to wake up very early to…
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When I came to SHOFCO, I met friends, I was trained and life became easier
-When Joan Adhiambo enrolled her daughter in the Kibera School for Girls in 2009, she knew their life would change.…
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SHOFCO Employability Program: Helping Slum Youth to Beat Unemployment
-For Wycliffe Okumu Oliech, growing up in the Mathare slum meant facing a scarcity of resource and the knowledge that…
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