LAUNCHING YOUTH AS CHANGEMAKERS.
MOBILIZING CITIES.
TRANSFORMING NEIGHBORHOODS.
EMPOWERING STREET KIDS AND NEIGHBORHOODS IN KENYA.
Fikisha is a Swahili word that means “to enable to reach.” Fikishia exists to better cities by reaching young people and equipping them as leaders. These leaders transform their communities by working as teams to see change in their own neighborhoods.
Through community walkthroughs, the “Love Your City” program, scholarships, and mentoring programs, volunteers are able to turn together to help kids living on the streets, strengthen families, and raise up local leaders to see communities transform.
250,000 STREET CHILDREN IN KENYA
No shelter. No education. No food. No hope.
Life on the streets holds dangers of disease, abuse of all kinds, police violence, exploitation, and general lack of basic needs. The youth then turn to huffing glue as a way to take the cold and hunger pains away. These valuable young people are seen as a threat to their community. Viewed as nothing more than thieves and drug addicts, their hearts are left alone.
OUR STORY
Fikisha was started in 2005 by a group of young men who had grown up in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya. These young men knew the danger that existed in their community, but also the potential of a better life for those who lived there. In 2009, a group of traveling college students joined this team of young men in their mission to provide opportunities within the slum communities in creating change towards better lives.
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CONTACT
Feel free to contact us with any questions.
Email
Kenya - francis@fikisha.org
USA -sam@fikisha.org
Phone
(262) 443-3256