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August 24th UPDATE:   We are happy to announce that all SHOFCO facilities and programs have resumed.  While the Kenyan…

Last Friday we were joined in Kibera by the amazing team from Standard Chartered here in Kenya. Every year they…

KSG students spent their Saturday giving back — joining forces with the SHOFCO Youth to make the Kibera community a…

At Shining Hope, we believe that linking different social services is mutually beneficial and more efficient for both programs and…

For International Women’s Day on Thursday, March 8th, Shining Hope paired with a number of local organizations (Sita Kinya, CREAW,…

A view of some of the playground from one end of the roof Announcing a new first for SHOFCO – we now…

 Marty and KSG teachers When Shining Hope’s cofounder and COO, Jessica Posner, was in eighth grade, she received math tutoring…

  Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO) recently completed its first research project in Kibera. We trained 20 community members from…

  As of yesterday, five of our students have officially moved into Margaret’s Safe Place — our new boarding facility…

  This weekend SHOFCO hosted the first annual Kibera World Cup! Twenty youth soccer teams (boys 16 and under) from…