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Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO) is a grassroots movement based in Nairobi, Kenya in urban slums providing services, community advocacy platforms, and education and leadership development for women and girls. SHOFCO serves more than 350,000 urban slum dwellers in 10 slums across three cities in Kenya. [1]
CFK Africa. Founded in 2001 by Rye Barcott, Salim Mohamed, and the late Tabitha Atieno Festo, CFK Africa (previously Carolina for Kibera) is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) based in the informal settlement of Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya. Registered as an NGO in Kenya and a 501 (c) (3) in the US, CFK Africa is a pioneer of ...
Green Belt Movement. The Green Belt Movement ( GBM) is an indigenous grassroots organization in Kenya that empowers women through the planting of trees. It is one of the most effective and well-known grassroots organisations addressing the problem of global deforestation. [1] Professor Wangari Maathai established the organization in 1977 under ...
It delivers clean water, health care, girls' education, women's empowerment programs, and job training and placement to 2.4 million urban slum dwellers annually. More must-read commentary ...
The Youth Café is headquartered at Kitisuru Gardens, in Nairobi, Kenya. The Youth Café's work is based on its current strategy, its Youth Manifesto (they facilitated its creation in Kenya during the 2017 general elections and required that the next president needed a youth manifesto) and the African Union Youth Charter (a political and legal ...
Youth empowerment programs are aimed at creating healthier and higher qualities of life for underprivileged or at-risk youth. [1] The five competencies of a healthy youth are: (1) positive sense of self, (2) self- control, (3) decision-making skills, (4) a moral system of belief, and (5) pro-social connectedness.
The National Youth Service ( NYS) is an organisation under the Government of Kenya. It was established in 1964 to train young people in important national matters. In 2019, the organization was transformed from a state department to a fully fledged semi-autonomous state corporation after enactment of NYS act, 2018 [2]] by the Kenyan parliament.
Mandisa Monakali has spent most of her adult life in human and community development, with a focus on gender development and leadership training for women and youth. Mandisa Monakali and Litha Musyimi-Ogana the Regional Director of The African Center for Empowerment in Kenya organized the Women's Peace Train during the 2002 World Summit on ...