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How a ghetto teenager’s dream turned into a Sh200 million award

SHOFCO's clean water aerial pipes (in blue) founded by Kenned Odede in Kibra slums, Nairobi. The NGO worn the Annual Hilton Humanitarian Award. [Elvis Ogina/ Standard]

What started as a teenager’s dream in the slum has turned into a Sh200 million award winning cause.

Kennedy Odede’s plans of starting an initiative to improve his life and of those around him started as a mere idea but he never once thought that they would go as far as gaining international recognition.

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