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Bringing Clean Water to Kibera
-Shining Hope’s water tower Most homes in Kibera have no running water, forcing individuals to buy their water from private…
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Community Health Worker Program
-In heavily populated regions like Kibera, information tends to travel by word of mouth. When Shining Hope for Communities…
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Microfinance at Kibera School for Girls
-Some of the women of ‘Gatwekera Tina, the social worker at Kibera School for Girls (KSG), had been troubled by…
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Field Trip to the National Museum!
-In 2009, The Kibera School for Girls had two wonderful volunteers: Kate O’Reilly-Jones and Matt Podolin. Both have stayed…
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SHOFCO’s First Community Baseline Survey
-Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO) recently completed its first research project in Kibera. We trained 20 community members from…
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The Johanna Justin-Jinich Community Clinic is Now Open!
-The Johanna Justin-Jinich Community Clinic opened its doors to the community last week! With the opening, all 67 students from…
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Margaret’s Safe Place Opens!
-As of yesterday, five of our students have officially moved into Margaret’s Safe Place — our new boarding facility…
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Sex-Ed Classes with our SHOFCO Girls
-The shocking statistic that 66% of girls in Kibera trade sex-for-food to survive, some as early as age six,…
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SHOFCO Clean-Up in Kibera!
-This past weekend, our SHOFCO Youths organized a wildly successful “Kibera Clean-Up” based at our new Shining Hope Community…
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Opening Ceremony: Shining Hope Community Center and Bio-Latrine Center!
-We officially opened both our new Shining Hope Community Center and our Bio-Latrine Center this week! The opening ceremony included…
