Fortress of Hope Africa (FOHA) 1281 views

Fortress of Hope Africa (FOHA) is a community based organization initiated in 2005 to empower less fortunate adolescent girls socially and economically in Nairobi Kenya.

FOHA projects and program’s main aim is to equip less-fortunate girls with social and economical skills they need to be involved and participate in development agenda of the Country.The projects also aims at achieving behaviour change among the girls,leadeship skills building ,increasing access to reproductive health and HIV/AIDS information and services,offering safe spaces and enviroment ,advocating and lobbying among the community leaders and members to end gender based violence and offering financial literacy and business education to the girls in and out of school.FOHA believes that the solution of girls problems lays with them.Empowering a girl is like empowering the whole village and targeting adolescent girls is key to reduce the current problems women face.Components of FOHA•    Girls to girls program(s)‏ •    Betterment/improve living standards. •    Development •    Talent search and Promotion •    Voluntary •    Adolescent friendlyOur VisionAn environment where adolescent girls will discover their talents and potential, achieve self value, self actualization and discipline so as to improving their living standards and be key potential players in the community/society.Our MissionTo provide a platform through which Girls are able to make informed choices concerning their lives so as achieve behaviour change and improve their social economic status i.e. planning today for a better tomorrow.Our Core ValueIntegrity: We are committed to honesty, accountability and transparency in all our endeavorsEquity and equality: We strive to ensure gender equality and equity, advocate for structures, systems and processes that recognize and facilitate the achievement of girls’ parityTeamwork and professionalism: we embrace teamwork and are committed to participatory decision –making and offer professional servicesInnovativeness and creativity: With the emerging girls’ issues, FOHA seeks to encourage and promote innovation and creativity form the target girls or staffs to ensure sustainable and impact creating servicesAdolescent girls’ participation: We strive to effective girls’ participation and representative al all levels of decision making to enhance girls’ involvement and sustainability.