Championing gender equality and combating urban poverty in Kenya's slums. Founded by @KennedyOdede. https://www.facebook.com/ShiningHopeforCommunities http://instagram.com/shofco
A decade ago, with just a 20-cent soccer ball and a group of young people that demanded change, I created a movement. I did not have a formal education, a fancy job or money. I just had a vision for the community I grew up in — a place that I knew was much more than the poverty that consumed its people every day. Growing up in the slums of Kibera, my…