Podcasts about shining hope

The slums of Kenya are a tough place to grow up. Stealing a mango could get you killed.Kennedy Odede grew up in Kibera, Africa's largest urban slum. A street kid at age 10, he dreamed of factory work for 10 cents a day. But after stealing a mango out of hunger, a stranger's single act of kindness changed the course of his life.Today, Kennedy is the CEO and founder of Shining Hope for Communities, or SHOFCO. For 20 years, SHOFCO has empowered Kenya's poorest neighborhoods, helping over 4 million people access clean water, education, and Internet. In 2024, TIME Magazine named Kennedy one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Kennedy shares with me what it takes to see human goodness while surrounded by scarcity and anger, and how poverty taught him that being together is one of the greatest forms of wealth.This...is A Bit of Optimism.To learn more about Kennedy and his work, check out: SHOFCO.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THERAPIST, DEMENTIA CARE SPECIALIST, CAREGIVER ADVOCATE, AND SOON TO BE NURSE, LISA THARAKAN, WHERE DID THE CARE GO? Shining hope and light into people's lives on a daily BASIS.

Kennedy Odede is one of Africa's best-known community organizers and social entrepreneurs.  Kennedy grew up in Kibera, Kenya, the largest slum in Africa, where he experienced the realities of extreme poverty first hand. While working at a factory, he saved 20 cents and used this to buy a soccer ball and start Shining Hope for…

Meet Jessica Posner Odede:Jessica Posner Odede is the CEO of Girl Effect. She is also a Co-founder and Board Member of Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO). Previously, she was an Associate Direction at Novastar Ventures. Jessica is the author of “Find Me Unafraid: Love, Loss and Hope in an African Slum.” She received a bachelor's in African American Studies from Wesleyan University. Key Insights:From Denver, Colorado to Nairobi, Kenya, Jessica Posner Odede is changing the world for adolescent girls. What is Girl Effect? Girl Effect utilizes media and technology to connect adolescent girls to services and opportunities, like education, finance, and healthcare. They work to decrease barriers and combat internalized gender norms, to create a world where girls are able to take control of their bodies, health, and livelihoods. (1:36)Creating Demand. Investments in services for adolescent girls has increased over time; however, the public and social sector fall short in decreasing the demand gap. Driving demand for important services requires tackling gender norms, decreasing barriers, and providing role models. (17:44)COVID's Impact on Women. There are 20 million girls out of school due to the pandemic, and many will never go back. The pandemic has decreased schooling and vaccination rates, and increased gender-based violence. The pandemic has created additional challenges for women across the world. (23:32)This episode is hosted by Julie Gerberding, M.D. She is a member of the Advisory Council for Her Story and the Chief Patient Officer and Executive Vice President at Merck.Relevant Links:Learn more about Girl EffectFollow Jessica on TwitterWatch “WISE On-Air: A Conversation On Girl Empowerment Through Media”

Episode 37 featuring Milinda Kirkpatrick (Executive Director) and Patrice Gibson (Development Director) from Shining Hope Farms!In this episode, we highlight a variety of topics including their mission for providing a variety of therapy resources including therapeutic ridings, veterans programs etc., their current and future initiatives for expanding their services and locations, their wishes for the future, and more!To learn more about Shining Hope Farms, to get involved,  or to follow them on social media, click the links below:Website: https://shininghopefarms.org/ Donate: https://shininghopefarms.org/donate/Salute Trail Run: https://shininghopefarms.org/salute-trail-run/Volunteer: https://shininghopefarms.org/volunteer/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shininghopefarmsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shininghopefarms/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShiningHopeFarm Email: shininghopefarms@gmail.comGaston's Great loves feedback, suggestions, or questions! Want to get in touch with us? We'd love to hear from you! Feel free to reach out to us by a method that is convenient for you.Website: https://www.gastonsgreat.com/Email: podcast@gastonsgreat.comPhone: 704-864-0344

In this sixteenth interview of the “17 Rooms” podcast, Jamie Drummond and Kennedy Odede discuss shifts in power, process, and funding to uplift proximate leaders and value local knowledge and community-based solutions. Drummond, co-founder of ONE and Odede, CEO and co-founder of Shining Hope for Communities, moderated Room 11 focused on Sustainable Development Goal number 11—on sustainable cities and communities—during the 2021 17 Rooms flagship process. “17 Rooms” is a podcast about actions, insights, and community for the Sustainable Development Goals and the people driving them. The podcast is co-hosted by John McArthur—senior fellow and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at The Brookings Institution, and Zia Khan—senior vice president for innovation at The Rockefeller Foundation. Show notes and transcript: https://brook.gs/3KwKXt0  "17 Rooms" is part of the Brookings Podcast Network. Subscribe and listen on Apple, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Send feedback to podcasts@brookings.edu, and follow and tweet at @policypodcasts on Twitter.

Kennedy Odede grew up in Kenya's Kibera slum, where he experienced first hand the devastating realities of life in extreme poverty. His experience led him to launch Shining Hope for Communities, or SHOFCO, an organization that impacts over 2.4 million slum dwellers across 17 urban slums in Kenya. Today Kennedy is one of Africa’s best-known community organizers and social entrepreneurs. Kennedy is also one of the hosts of the “Inclusive Cities: Last Mile Delivery in Slums and Informal Settlements”, which was held as part of Expo 2020 Dubai. His entire life is an answer to the question: What does my community need? This podcast is by Expo 2020 Dubai’s Programme for People and Planet, and produced by Kerning Cultures Network.

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In this episode we'll look at Epistle VII that Dante wrote to the Holy Roman Emperor Henry VII of Luxembourg, after Henry's descent into Italy in 1310.  We'll go through the historical context of the letter, as well as Dante's life in exile after 1304, and the immediate aftermath of Henry's conquest. We'll also look at some passages in "The Paradiso" with Dante's description of becoming a "Party of One" after breaking with the White Guelphs, and how Beatrice presents Henry VII's place in the Heavens. A great map of Europe in the time of Emperor Henry VII is here! https://ibb.co/PNHnJnb Thanks for listening!

Not only has God kept a remnant of believing Jews in the present, but as we see in this passage, He has a plan for ethnic Jews in future, once the fullness of the nations come to Christ.

Not only has God kept a remnant of believing Jews in the present, but as we see in this passage, He has a plan for ethnic Jews in future, once the fullness of the nations come to Christ.

Every year, the African Union and Member States celebrate the Day of the African Child on June 16th, to commemorate the 1976 Soweto Uprising and to raise awareness on the needs of African Children. The 2021 theme is, “30 years after the adoption of the Charter: accelerate the implementation of Agenda 2040 for an Africa fit for children”.The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (“the Charter”) envisions a child-friendly justice system. In 2016, on the Charter's 25th anniversary, the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (“the Committee”) adopted “Agenda 2040: Fostering an Africa fit for children”. The Agenda serves as a strategic plan to implement children's rights in Africa and has 10 Aspirations. On this episode, we discuss, “The role of CSO's in the realization of Aspiration 7 of Agenda 2040. i.e. ‘Every child is protected against violence, exploitation, neglect and abuse'”: With special guests from the St. Patrick's Safeguarding Children Programme E.A., Shining Hope for Communities (“SHOFCO”), Strathmore Institute for Family Studies and Ethics (“IFS”), Orione, Crime Si Poa and Langata Legal Aid Centre (“LLAC”).This episode is part of a DAC 2021 project we have undertaken together with the St. Patrick's Safeguarding Children Programme E.A., Strathmore Law Clinic (“SLC”) and Strathmore Institute for Family Studies and Ethics (“IFS”). The project is funded by St. Patrick's Safeguarding Children Programme E.A. (part of the larger St. Patrick's Missionary Society) and Misean Cara. Don't forget to follow/subscribe, share, rate/review! It means a lot to us and our beneficiaries!Follow us on social media (@wakili.sha on Instagram, Facebook, Tiktok and LinkedIn and @wakili_sha on Twitter). Check out our website!#DayOfTheAfricanChild #DAC2021 #AfricaFitForChildren #Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alyana Popat shares on Entrepreneurship when working in the family business About Alyana: Alyana is currently pursuing a Master of Management in Hospitality at Cornell University, SC Johnson College of Business. She was previously working with her family business, Simba Corporation, in Nairobi and held several roles within the Hospitality department of the business. Alyana started off working in the Business Development department as an analyst, where she was heavily exposed to strategy development for the overall corporation and had significant engagement with the board of directors. Following this role, she found her passion in the hospitality industry when she headed the Marketing for the hospitality department. Alyana also took on the role of an entrepreneur and started her own wine importation and distribution business, focusing on Portuguese wines. She also developed a new restaurant space, that will introduce 11 new brands into the Kenyan market. Alyana has a strong passion for philanthropy and social entrepreneurship and was also heavily involved in setting up and running the Simba Foundation, the corporate social investment arm of Simba Corporation that aims to create sustainable opportunities for empowerment of African communities. She currently sits on both the Shining Hope for Communities Kenyan Advisory Board and the Simba Foundation Board. Alyana holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management from Manchester Business School.

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When supermarket shelves were stripped of toilet paper many Australians headed online to place an order. It's increased sales at one company that donates half its profits to sanitation and building toilets resulting in extra toilets being able to be built in places such as Kenya. FEATURED: Bonnie Babic, Toilet paper customer Simon Griffiths, CEO, Who Gives A Crap Kennedy Odede, Founder, Shining Hope for Communities in Kenya

Dr. Michael Chung is an infectious disease and internal medicine physician with an MD from the University of Chicago and a Masters of Public Health from Harvard University School of Public Health where he also completed his internship and residency. He and his family have lived in Nairobi for 18 years and he is a Professor at and Chair of the Department of Medicine at Aga Kahn University in Nairobi and an Affiliate Professor at the University of Washington, Seattle. Dr. Chung joins Up/Root today to answer all our questions about COVID-19 and give us the latest updates from the scientific community. Please consider giving to support Shining Hope for Communities (shofco.org)who are providing critical food and medical assistance to poor families in Mathare and Kibera. For the latest information and assistance on COVID-19 in Kenya, please go to: http://www.health.go.ke/ or call 0800 721 316 or 0709 931700. This episode was edited and recorded by Bukachi Akatsa of BTSU studios (bstu.av@gmail.com). The Up/Root jingle is performed and written by my daughter, Selah.

Stephen Ucembe and Ruth Wacuka grew up in "orphanages" despite having parents. Their story is true of 80-90% of children living in orphanages and children's homes: they have a living parent. Well-meaning and good-intentioned people like you and I keep children's homes and orphanages in business by volunteering there, patronizing them and contributing money and resources to their work, often rather than supporting vulnerable families. In today's show, Stephen and Ruth share what it was like to grow up in an institution and what they are doing to help end orphanage tourism - and how we can join them in their pursuit of justice for families and children. In Nairobi, you can channel your support towards the following organizations who support families: Kenya Society of Care Leavers: https://www.kesca.org/ Shining Hope for Communities: https://www.shofco.org/ Dignitas: https://dignitasproject.org/ Food 4 Education: https://food4education.org/ To learn more about the problem of orphanage tourism, you can go to: https://www.helpingnothelping.org/ https://rethinkorphanages.org/resources https://www.crs.org/our-work-overseas/program-areas/youth/changing-the-way-we-care Dan Adachi (danadachii@gmail.com)recorded and edited this episode. The Up/Root jingle was written and performed by Selah Piper.

Kennedy Odede had a tough start in life. He grew up in Kibera in Kenya, Africa’s biggest slum. Poverty drove him to stealing and drugs. He believed his future prospects were either death or prison. He didn’t go to school but Kennedy taught himself to read from newspapers he found in the rubbish. It was the start of a spectacular change of fortune. He began learning about the American civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King and was inspired. Kennedy wanted to start his own movement and it all began with football. His project, Shining Hope for Communities, just grew and grew. He’s now built two schools and seven health clinics. Kennedy also won a US scholarship, he speaks six languages and has rubbed shoulders with Beyoncé. Presenter: Emily Webb Producer: Saskia Edwards Image: Kennedy Odede Credit: Courtesy of Shining Hope for Communities

Find out about the Fabulous Virginia Tech University and Alumni Professor Scott Geller who is starting his 50th year at Virginia Tech with the Hokies! Bishop Christine Mercy Johnson (she is Princess Diana's cousin) and James writing the song with Scott, and how God is the #1 Songwriting instructor in our lives, how it works, how does the Lord teach James about songwriting? The band got back together! Jim Hyatt, Shawn Fichter, James Mitchell, Buddy Hyatt, Glen Duncan, Kim Copeland producer, and Kelly Schoenfeld Engineer, and very special guest appearance with Rachel “Ray Williams” on vocals, and of course James and Christine on Executive production, songwriting, and James on Vocals. “Here to Share and Care” makes it on the Gratitude album. Thanking everyone for supporting the Dharmic Evolution, making us the #1 Music Podcast in iTunes multiple times in Singapore, Japan, the UK, Germany, Australia, Canada, and the US. Creating the song, the process, the conversations, the methods, and how to make it all happen! “I AM VICTORIOUS” the album that you must hear! Unique, unusual, and amazing music like you have never heard before. Check out the interview with James and Scott on the James O'Connor Agency youtube channel. James Mitchell's guitar playing, on at least 35 of James' songs, his “one take” wonders that he brings to the table for every session that he plays on! A good song can be made great by having great players! Buddy Hyatt with an orchestra in his back pocket and how he puts the icing on the cake! The Actively Caring People brand, what it is, what it does, and how it impacts all who benefit from this, Scott's body of work is all based on psychology and he is very passionate about educating all who wish to learn about this fabulous movement. Shining Hope on Humanity! 4Ocean, another brand that is doing amazing things for the planet, they are removing the plastics from the Ocean, they are turning fisherman who used to catch fish into the fisherman who now removes plastics from our once beautiful oceans! Follow James here: www.jameskevinoconnor.com www.thejamesoconnoragency.com www.dharmicevolution.com facebook twitter instagram youtube Subscribe rate & review the Dharmic Evolution podcast! Visit the store and check out the Gratitude album here! For coaching help, reach out the james@thejamesoconnoragency.com Join the Dharmic Evolution Community Facebook page! You can post your content on there for the whole world to see.

Since childhood, Kennedy Odede faced intolerable hardship, but he never let a bad draw undermine his determination to uplift both himself and his community. It's not until you hear Mr. Odede speak that you can believe he holds such a positive and hopeful outlook on life. Together with his wife, Jessica Posner, Kennedy has grown Shining Hope for Communities into a powerhouse of change for Kenya's largest slum and beyond. Last October they released their book Find Me Unafraid: Love, Loss, and Hope in an African Slum, which has recently been released on paperback. In this episode, Kennedy and Jessica discuss the key to community-driven solutions to poverty. Both inspiring and practical, they reveal the challenges behind empowerment and the methods that have worked well for their organization. You'll learn: How to adopt a partnership mindset that's actually fruitful Why empowerment isn't just in the hands of nonprofits How SHOFCO enables leaders within the communities where they work How SHOFCO's holistic approach to poverty works How to tell the stories of beneficiaries on the ground to donors in the US

Kennedy Odede, age 29 of Kenya, received the Dedication honor for his Work with Shining Hope for Communities. Kennedy is the president and CEO of Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO). SHOFCO’s current programming comprises a school for girls, a free health clinic, a micro-loan and micro-savings program, sanitation and clean water services, and a program to combat gender‐based violence and promote sexual health of young people in the community. Kennedy founded SHOFCO with nothing more than a soccer ball and his “faith in people’s abilities to change their own lives.” Talia Leman, age 19 from Iowa, USA was honored with the Giving Award for her role with RandomKid. As the CEO and a Founder of RandomKid, Talia develops ideas, strategies and networks between kids internationally to increase their impact. She also leads "power" assemblies, doles out seed funds to help jumpstart philanthropic ventures, organizes web-conferences between youth across the globe, and mentors her peers in success strategies for achieving their goals to benefit others. Having been appointed UNICEF's first known National Youth Ambassador, Talia has worked with kids from 20 countries and together these kids have reported close to 11 million dollars through RandomKid-guided initiatives. Mastura Rashid, age 24 of Malaysia, was honored with the SpiritualityAward. Rashid is the founder and project manager of the Nasi Lemak Project, a community service project she initiated in 2011. The Nasi Lemak Project is a young, independent and effective movement to counter urban poverty in Malaysia. The Nasi Lemak Project gained traction and momentum when Rashid was one of the few who received funding from the office of Special Representative of Muslim Communities under their Generation Change Grant. The Nasi Lemak Project mechanism in eradicating urban poverty is done through these three main areas: feeding program, education, and rendering assistance.

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Forward Radio Episod 17I det 17:e avsnittet av Forward Radio är det stora albumavsnittet! Vi diskuterar Shaggys album "Out Of Many One Music" som är i sin helhet producerat av Sly & Robbie. Vi pratar också om Gappy Ranks album "Shining Hope" och snuddar vid Mr Vegas senaste märkliga alster.LÅTLISTA:1. Shaggy ft Cocoa Tea & Joe - "Like Never Before"2. Shaggy ft. Beres Hammond - "Fight This Feeling"3. Shaggy ft. Ne-Yo - "You Girl"4. Gappy Ranks - "Shining Hope"