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 for…
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 investment in SHOFCO’s 5-year-strategy for urban slum transformation. This gift sets us on a path towards a new paradigm for partnership and impact, advancing our vision to create a self-sustaining model for community-led slum development. SHOFCO began with a…
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 Udoma was at ease not, as he watched the live broadcast with his friends. “I knew I was going to get an A and my teachers had told me that they expect me to be in the top…
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. These three new buses were not funded by the globally supported United Nations, but rather came from a proximate partner that works closely with UNDP, WHO, and UN Women’s organizations – Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO). SHOFCO is a…
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