As you might imagine, the competition to join our second annual list of 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneurs was incredibly tough. To arrive at the final list, my colleague Prerna Sinha and I collected and reviewed more than 100 applications. Next the candidates went before our distinguished judges: Jeff Skoll, the philanthropist and social entrepreneur; …
Nairobi – My mother, like her mother, her grandmother, and so on, was born into poverty in the rural village of Rarieda, Kenya. I, too, was born in the village, and lived there until it was struck by a brutal famine when I was two years old. With no food, money, or opportunities, my mother …
Whatever you put your heart and mind on, you can achieve and that poverty cannot be fought without the involvement of the poor. On this edition of unsung heroes, Resian Lebai tells the story of Kennedy Odede the 28-year-old founder of a community based organization that helps to uplift the poor.
Editor’s note: Kennedy Odede is the president and CEO of Shining Hope for Communities, a nonprofit organization that fights gender inequality and extreme poverty in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya. He is a 2013 New Voices Fellow at the Aspen Institute. (CNN) — I had many conversations with Nelson Mandela, although I had not …