Kennedy Odede: A social entrepreneur with a big heart for change
Top, Students in class at a Shofco Center school in Kibera, Nairobi on April 8; Left, Student’s at Shofco’s well-stocked library in Kibera and bottom, To improve the health of the community, Odede’s organisation offers subsidised clean water; Centre, Kennedy Odede, the founder of Shofco; Right, Waiting for treatment at a medical facility run by Shofco in Kibera and bottom, Youth Peer Providers Centre members at a Shofco site in Katwekera, Kibera on April 8. PHOTOS | JEFF ANGOTE |
When they were growing up in Nairobi’s Kibera slum, which is considered one of the filthiest places in sub-Sahara Africa, it was a football made of polythene bags that kept them busy.
Goalposts didn’t have to be full-length and neither was the muddy pitch, especially due to the congestion in the slum. But there came a time when the boys had to do more than play games to better their lives.
