The Crisis That Created Us
Korogocho, home to over 180,000 people, was one of Nairobi’s most densely populated settlements. In 2001, gang violence and a culture of silence left women and girls paying the highest price.
In 2001, young people responded with a radical act: the first Miss Koch Beauty Pageant — “Never say Die, Yes We Can.” A pageant became a movement.
Shaping Our Commitment
Our Approach
We identify needs through community assessment. We fund through donors and partnerships. We strengthen together through implementation and monitoring. We build networks for sustainability and scale.
Vision
Transforming lives by empowering minds.
Mission
To empower young people through education, nurturing talents, mentorship, and life-skills for their sustained social well-being.
Twenty-Five Years, By the Numbers
Scholarships funded, families fed, a Material Recovery Facility rising from Korogocho’s soil. Numbers alone don’t build trust. These do.
Contributing to the UN 2030 Agenda
In pursuit of our mandate, we set out to feed hungry families, keep girls in school, and give Korogocho’s waste pickers dignified work. As a byproduct of that pursuit, we found ourselves in alignment with seven of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
What Your Support Builds
Every shilling you give funds real, running programmes in Korogocho — from scholarships and safe spaces for teen mothers, to Kenya’s first community-built Material Recovery Facility.
Our Partners
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Twenty-five years in, MKK is still building. Get the next chapter as it happens.