Village HopeCore International is a small, innovative 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that works in Chogoria, Eastern Kenya, and its surrounding communities to alleviate poverty and improve health through microfinance loans and microenterprise, business training and support, health promotion, and … read moredisease prevention programs.
HopeCore is dedicated to fostering integrated social and economic development in rural communities in Kenya and Africa.
Our goal is to enable and empower members of rural African communities by providing microloans, business education, health education, and support to the school children, teachers, and parents of our partner schools, loan recipients, and the community as a whole.
Our programs help the people of Kenya by providing them not only with education and training for personal development, but also with an entrepreneurial and health-oriented mindset that will give them confidence in their abilities to build a stronger future for the citizens of Kenya – family by family, group by group, and village by village.
History
1982: Village HopeCore International was founded by Dr. Kajira “KK” Mugambi, Esq. nineteen years after he left his village of birth in the foothills of Mt. Kenya, where he felt the hardships of poverty firsthand, for an education in the United States.
A graduate of University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law, Dr. KK later became a visiting scholar at Northwestern University, University Lecturer, Assistant Dean at UCLA, and a member of the California State Bar. Dr. KK shared his time between his California law practice and Kenya to determine the feasibility of HopeCore.
Present Day: With over 20 local employees and 3 global fellows and strong relationships with 180 schools, over 80 loan client groups, and numerous government and county officials, HopeCore is a rapidly-expanding organization dedicated to promoting health and ending poverty in the communities we reach.