Carolina for Kibera, Inc.

Mission

Run by Kenyans and advised by American and Kenyan volunteers, CFK's mission is to promote youth leadership and ethnic cooperation in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya through sports, young women's empowerment, and community development. Additionally, CFK works to improve basic healthcare, sanitation and education in Kibera.

Programs

(1) The Youth Sports Program uses soccer (football) to promote ethno-religious and gender cooperation; leadership; and community development. (2) The Binti Pamoja (Daughters United) Center is an advocacy platform for adolescent girls to address gender-based discrimination and violence. (3) Tabitha Medical Clinic improves basic healthcare for 20,000 residents in partnership with the CDC. (4) Taka ni Pato (Trash is Cash) is an income-generating, solid waste and trash management program.

Current Projects on GlobalGiving

Kicking AIDS Out of Kibera slum - Nairobi, Kenya	Recycling 2,000 Tons of Trash in Kibera	Empowering Girls in Kibera	Social Change through Sport for 5000 Kibera Youth
Providing health care to 20,000 Kibera residents

Personnel Overview

Rye Barcott - President and Founder
While an undergraduate at UNC, Rye founded CFK in Kenya with Salim Mohamed and the late Tabitha Atieno Festo, who each shared the conviction that the poor have the solutions to the problems they face. Rye served on active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps for five years and is currently a joint MPA and MBA candidate at Harvard University.

Salim Mohamed - Executive Director
Salim was abandoned by his mother and spent the first 4 years of his life on the streets of Nairobi with his grandmother, and then was taken to a children's home. Salim came to CFK from the Mathare Youth Sports Association (MYSA) in another Nairobi slum. The British Council has twice employed Salim as a consultant to help launch youth sports programs in Ghana.

Caroline Sakwa - Deputy Director
Caroline is trained as a peer youth counselor has extensive experience in community-based development. She was previously employed by Save the Children (UK), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Mathare Youth Sports Association (MYSA) HIV/AIDS project, the Nairobi Youth Counseling Centre, and the Kenya Voluntary Development Association (KVDA).

Personnel Statistics

Rye Barcott,
President
Founded in 2001
Employees: 10
Volunteers: 5000

Financial Statistics

Budget (2007): $ 250,000
Budget (2006): $ 225,000
Maximum Budget: $ 275,000
Overhead: 17 %
Other funding sources: Ford Foundation; Nike Foundation; Omidyar Network; American Jewish World Service; Kenan Foundation, SC Johnson; University of North Carolina; Duke University; private individuals & charitable funds.
Religious Affiliation: Carolina For Kibera is not affiliated with any religion