About us

HEALTH

Delivering holistic school and community-based interventions that meaningfully address chronic family and community health challenges faced by rural Kenyans.

WASH

Empowering school children with water, hygiene, and sanitation education, ensuring school children have access to clean drinking water, soap for hand washing, and providing menstrual hygiene management products to girls.

YOUTH

Ensuring youth have access to quality health information, youth-friendly health and financial services, sexual and reproductive health resources, and safe meeting spaces.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Filling the chronic gaps in financial access and financial literacy that are endemic to rural Kenya through loans, business training, and capacity building for farmers and entrepreneurs.

Kajira “K.K.” Mugambi, Esq., HopeCore’s Founder, was born in a small village near Chogoria. He personally experienced hardships and the effects of poverty and disease as he saw children in his community, including his own family, die of clearly preventable diseases, such as malaria, diarrhea, and typhoid. KK almost did not survive birth as his mother’s labor stalled and she had to be carried on a wooden stretcher to a nearby hospital. 

When he was a child, KK dropped out of elementary school because he could not afford the $8.00 annual school fee. He overcame these challenges and was able to travel to the United States for high school. In the United States, he worked as a flower gardener, grass mower, janitor, and nursing assistant in California. He overcame financial challenges and earned a Doctorate in law from the University of California, Los Angeles. He was privileged to become a member of the California State Bar Association and an Assistant Dean at the University of Los Angeles California.

By founding HopeCore, KK realized his dream of making a difference in the community of his birth. Eventually, he transitioned from practicing law in California to full-time management of HopeCore and moved back to Chogoria in 2005. He moved with a firm determination to successfully eradicate poverty and improve health in Kenya’s rural communities.