Velma Ooko's Colleagues at Shining Hope for Communities
Velma Ooko's Contact Details
Kenya
Shining Hope for Communities
Velma Ooko's Company Details
Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO) combats extreme poverty and gender inequity by linking schools for girls to a set of high-value, holistic community services for the urban poor. Through this strategy, we create transformative change across the slums of Nairobi. In our model, a girls' school becomes a portal for large-scale social change. Through a demand-driven approach in grassroots development, our model extends beyond the schools for girls, broadening outreach by providing communities with integrated basic services through three other initiatives: health, community empowerment, and clean water and sanitation. SHOFCO currently operates in the Nairobi slums of Kibera and Mathare. We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit with a US headquarters in New York City.