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SHOFCO offers accommodation to Kibera evictees
Following the KURA demolitions of some Kibera slum sections, SHOFCO Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Kennedy Odede, has been highly and actively involved in helping and motivating the affected families. Odede said he...
Thousands of families displaced after Kibera slums demolition
More than 30, 000 Kibera residents have been rendered homeless and still counting their losses worth millions of shillings following the demolitions of their houses by Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA), to...
You must protect your intellectual property
By Japheth Ogamba We all have some talents in particular areas in life. You may be talented in fields such as art, sciences or in technology. This diversity of talents requires protection....
Let us enhance the fight against drug abuse
It seems efforts to curb the menace of drug abuse especially among the youth in our communities have still not yielded much fruits. Many youth still struggle with alcoholism, smoking, bhang, heroin...
Pictorial: National Gender and Equality Commission commissioner Priscilla Nyokabi visits SHOFCO, welcomed by CEO Kennedy Odede
National Gender and Equality Commission commissioner Priscilla Nyokabi visited Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO) in Kibera and welcomed by the organisation's Chief Executive Officer Kennedy Odede. She was the guest of honour...
Different ways to curb fire disasters
Whenever a fi re disaster breaks out, huge loses of property and sometimes lives are lost bringing to the fore the need to devise ways of preventing and curbing it. There are...
Meet this young TZ philanthropist who wants to eliminate hunger
Hunger is one of the causes of deaths and the world through SDG no 2, wants to eliminate it. Zero hunger. One of the many faces pushing this noble agenda is Nasra Swai,...
Kumekucha holds training to enhance communal harmony
Kamukunji residents have welcomed the recent launch of Kumekucha, a social healing program designed to promote the process of community healing and social reconciliation among Kenya’s diverse ethnic and cultural groups. Kumekucha...
Mobile loans lure ghetto residents into debt trap
Times have been painfully tough. The rate of joblessness continues to rise inevitably. Under such circumstances, nothing monetary is left to chance. Every little coin counts. The infamous post-festive e ects, a...
Kibera residents benefi t from modern toilet facilities
Kibera being the second largest slum in Africa, still grapples with health and sanitation challenges. It still lacks basic facilities such as proper toilets which have forced some of the residents to...
