Our story

ABOUT JULIUS OGADA FOUNDATION

JOFA partners with community-based organizations to turn local leadership into sustainable livelihoods, healthier schools, and more resilient neighborhoods.

Our Values

How we show up

Trust, not transactions

CBOs are trusted anchors in their communities long before we arrive — we build on that trust, not around it.

Context, not templates

We let communities design what fits their context, from a schoolyard tree-planting plan to a dignity-kit rollout.

Capacity, not dependency

Our support builds self-sustaining organizations that can plan, report, and lead long after a project ends.

A crowd of schoolchildren and JOFA staff celebrating outside a school, holding sanitary-pad packets

Our Model

Community-identified needs, foundation-backed follow-through

From Green Action tree planting to JOFA FC, every program traces back to a need a local school or CBO named first.

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Voices from the Network

What our partners say

"We started as a library for kids... now our youth are bidding for real work."

CBO FounderYouth Engagement

"Now we know how to lead, how to report, how to transform our community."

Program LeadTrade Skills

WANT TO WORK WITH US?

We're always glad to hear from schools, CBOs, and partners who want to build something lasting together.

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