Jonathan Jackson Foundation | |
Founder: | Jonathan Jackson |
Type: | Non-Governmental Organization |
Headquarters: | 4th Ngong Avenue, Upper Hill, Nairobi, Kenya |
Leader Title: | President |
Leader Name: | Jonathan Jackson |
Leader Title2: | CEO |
Leader Name2: | Diana Sifuna |
Jonathan Jackson Foundation (JJF), founded in the year 2019, is a Nairobi-based non-governmental organization that aims to provide sustainable livelihoods for youth and women in informal settlements in Kenya. JJF's transformative agenda is to provide the target group with a fishing rod and teach them how to become self-sustainable. The foundation's pillars include economic empowerment through the Jenga Bizna Mtaani program, sports (Basketball[1] [2] & football[3]), and Humanitarian aid through the Jenga Jirani initiative.
Under Sports, the foundation constructs basketball courts under the banner Bakee Mtaani[4] [5] which is aimed at providing safe spaces for the youth. The foundation also owns and sponsors Kawangware-based Kenyan Premier League side Nairobi City Stars,[6] a team it uses as a vehicle to drive change within communities.