Shining Hope for Communities
Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO) champions gender equality and combats urban poverty by linking free education for girls to a set of holistic community services accessible to all. SHOFCO is changing the lives of thousands in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya. Our approach is a comprehensive solution to the challenges of urban poverty. We are deeply grateful for your involvement and support—together, we are more than a school—we are a movement! In 2011, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof and actress and activist Olivia Wilde traveled to Nairobi, Kenya, where they were dazzled by the Kibera School for Girls and learned the remarkable story of its founders, Jessica and Kennedy Odede. The girls at the Kibera school were featured in the PBS documentary, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide.Projects Funded On Catapult
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Send 20 Kenyan girls to school
Free education for girls is a portal for large-scale social change in Mathare, the second largest slum in Nairobi.
Support a free school for girls in Kenya
Kibera School for Girls offers free education and connects the entire community to services, such as computer skills training and health education.