SHOFCO and The Coca-Cola Foundation Partner to Provide Economic Empowerment Training to 2,500 Women and Youth in Mombasa, Kenya
-The project provides employment and entrepreneurship training over 12 months in Kenya’s second-largest city. The Coca-Cola Foundation (TCCF), the…
Sustainable Livelihoods Program Empowers Youth Through Skills Development
-Mary completed her secondary school education in early 2021. Growing up in Nairobi’s Kawangware are, Mary had admired being…
Kennedy Odede selected as Schwab Foundation 2022 Social Innovator of the Year
-SHOFCO co-founder and CEO, Kennedy Odede, has been selected as a 2022 Social Innovator of the Year by the Schwab…
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…
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…
SHOFCO Launches Strategy to Create Self-Sustaining Model for Community-Led Slum Development
-Today, I am thrilled to share that philanthropist and author MacKenzie Scott and educator Dan Jewett have announced their…
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…
How do transport buses reflect the health of a community?
-Early Saturday morning, the pristine UN blue and white-colored buses rolled through Kibera, Kenya, one of Africa’s largest slums.…
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…
SHOFCO to Host Inaugural World Communities Forum
-Chelsea Clinton, Darren Walker and Ambassador Samantha Power join ‘localisation revolution’ at the inaugural World Communities Forum to advance…
CNN International – featuring Kennedy Odede of SHOFCO
-Click on this link to watch CNN International featuring Kennedy Odede of SHOFCO
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…
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…
SHOFCO and the Mastercard Foundation to provide COVID-19 support to 1.35 million people living in urban slums in Kenya
-SHOFCO and the Mastercard Foundation have launched a partnership under the Mastercard Foundation COVID-19 Recovery and Resilience Program that…
Kennedy Odede: Wealthy nations in ‘dangerous competition’ to own coronavirus vaccine
-Recently, Kennedy Odede spoke to Politico on COVID-19, saying access to a coronavirus vaccine is important for everyone, but…
Achieving Gender Equality is not a Journey of Competition but a Journey of Completion to Make the World a Better Place
-My name is Pauline Juma and I was born and raised in the Kibera slums of Nairobi, Kenya. I…
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…
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…
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…
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