CBA.meda – CEO Jeffrey Okoro discusses the importance of compassion on “A Cup of Care”
July 27, 2026
“What if the strongest resource in a community isn’t money or infrastructure—but compassion?”
“What if the strongest resource in a community isn’t money or infrastructure—but compassion?”
“In 2001, he co-founded a nonprofit called Carolina for Kibera. Twenty-five years later, what’s now CFK Africa provides health care, education, and other programs to 200,000 Kenyans a year.”
“Their perspectives, creativity, and lived experiences are things I cannot find elsewhere, and I think that is what makes this fellowship so rare.”
UNC Peacock Fellow Khadija Muhammad brings us into the field with the “Women at Work” program.
“What we are creating is an opportunity beyond the football pitch.”
‘Football may last for a season, but the impact on the community lasts much longer.”
“To make aid more effective, we need to ensure these local leaders play more than just a supporting role in their own stories. They need to be the main characters.
“The experience will open their eyes to the possibilities that football can create beyond the pitch.”
“These programs might be the difference between a young man choosing to speak to a friend about what is on his mind, rather than resorting to drugs to cope.”
“I first loved the soccer program because it included girls, who are often left out of organized sports in Kenya.”