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 global philanthropic arm of The Coca-Cola Company, has awarded Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO), a grant of Kshs 28,300,000 to implement a 12-month training project among marginalized urban slum communities in Mombasa, Kenya. The grant helps to create…
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 a mechanical engineer, having grown up always seeing a neighbor servicing motorbikes at their residential area. ”My dream was always alive but even after completing my secondary education, I knew chances of me pursuing mechanical engineering or a…
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 Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship. As the sister organization of the World Economic Forum, the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship is a leading global platform for accelerating social innovation. This year the Foundation recognized 15 global leaders who are…
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, to pursue his dream of getting a job. He settled in his aunt’s place in Mathare urban slum. He started searching for jobs, but none was forthcoming, largely due to his lack of basic skills that employers…
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 a job as soon as possible. Life in the slums is very harsh and he knew without a job, he would slide back to poverty and hopelessness, with his degree in hand. “Immediately after campus, I started applying…
