blog writing #kennedy odede’s shofco

"Find Me Unafraid" is the story of two young people from two completely different backgrounds: Kennedy Odede is from Kibera, Africa, and Jessica Posner was born in Denver, Colorado. Kennedy lived on the street foraging for food and learning how to read from old newspapers. A young Kennedy was introduced to the works of Mandela, Garvey, and King by an American volunteer, and the works of these men transformed him. Kennedy started the youth empowerment group Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO) using a soccer ball he bought. During her 2007 semester abroad, Jessica Posner, an undergraduate student at Wesleyan, worked with SHOFFCO in Kenya. She fell in love with Kennedy when she decided to live in Kibera against all conventions.