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SHOFCO

Kenya roots
Source review: 2026-10-04

Your guide to SHOFCO

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Reported work and places

Health and medical care; Water and sanitation; Women’s health and support; Children and youth; Education; Protection and inclusion. Reported activity: Kenya.

Its 2025 report describes maintained clinic services in informal settlements, water and sanitation access, girls’ education support and legal and psychosocial care for violence survivors. Planned water expansion by 2027 is excluded.

Evidence dated 2025-12-31. Year-end date denotes the stated calendar-2025 report period, not publication or a single delivery date.

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Who receives your money

Organization roots
Kenya
Roots and operating base
Founded in Kibera by Kenyan community organizer Kennedy Odede; Kenyan programmes with a US incorporated receiving entity.
Reviewed legal entity
Shining Hope for Communities, Inc. · United States
Named recipient
Shining Hope for Communities, Inc. · United States
Giving route
Official online general-support donation page

Official site offers monthly and one-time gifts through its campaign form. US entity identified in the official-linked Form 990. General gifts are not guaranteed to support a selected clinic or survivor.

Check whether gifts are restricted to a place or project, fees, currency, recurring-payment terms and eligibility. Read current terms before proceeding.

Country evidence and reporting periods

Country coverage is based on the sources below. Annual reports do not establish operations today. Portfolio tables without country-specific sector evidence appear under All causes only.

Kenya

Community clinics, clean-water and washroom services, school bursaries and survivor care are reported as delivered during 2025.

Reporting period: Calendar 2025 · Online 2025 Impact Report: Gender Equality and Health and Wellbeing sections

Evidence stage: Reported services delivered

Organization-reported results; selected aggregate figures overlap earlier reporting and are not independently counted. Future 2027 expansion is excluded.

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What we checked, and what remains uncertain

Minimum public-source checks passed on 2026-10-04: named identity, official presence, recent reported activity and an authorized giving route with an identifiable recipient.

Minimum public-source checks only. Registration and programme results may be organization-authored. Live registry standing, bank ownership, payment settlement, use of an individual gift and field outcomes were not independently audited. No payment made. Evidence describes its stated reporting period, not guaranteed delivery today. Annual reports use a 365-day reporting-period window.

Official reports page links the 2024 Form 990; p1 identifies US corporation and EIN 27-1493201. Kenyan roots do not imply the online recipient is legally based in Kenya.

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Guided redirects require current checks. Operational evidence uses a 180-day reporting-period window, annual reports use 365 days, and source reviews are due within 90 days. These dates do not guarantee present operations.

Help beyond money

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  3. Look for services delivered, barriers, unmet needs and what changed. Adjust your support as you learn.
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