Primary Focuses:
Community Development
The KBK Foundation believes in the process where community members, stake holders and those who have a vested interest collectively come together to take action and generate solutions to common problems. The Foundation partners with governments, nongovernmental organizations and community groups to assess and understand local needs and the reasons behind them. We work with our partners to devise programs that will help improve health, support education and create economic growth. Wherever our presence, we strive to be a good neighbor, sharing the concerns of our communities and dedicating our capabilities, resources and people to creating a better future.
Economic Development
Individuals everywhere desire economic opportunities that will help them achieve stability and prosperity. The KBK Foundation fosters this goal by investing in programs that promote self-sufficiency, job growth and economic development. We start by assessing the local community needs, then take action to help remove barriers to economic growth. Many of The Foundation's economic development projects focus on promoting access to the disenfranchised and economic empowerment for women. Through our social investment we work to increase job opportunities and grow local economies.
Social Services
The Foundation provides a full array of human needs services that enhance and improve quality of life. The KBK Foundation contributes to the social well being of people where we operate because we recognize the deep interdependence of healthy businesses and healthy societies. When communities are healthy, they're better able to build long-term prosperity for all. KBK
Foundation is committed to providing community supportive services to that same segmented population with the promise to positively impact the lives of the residents. KBK Foundation is committed to assisting the residents strive towards self-sufficiency and self-realization.
why the tickbird and the rhino?
Our logo for The KBK Foundation is a tickbird and rhino. The tickbird and rhino share a symbiotic, mutually beneficial partnership similar to KBK Enterprises and The KBK Foundation. The tickbird sets up house as a temporary guest on the rhinos back, removing and feeding off of parasites embedded in the rhinos hide. The tick bird also warns the rhino of danger or predators through loud chirping or hissing noises. They have evolved physiologically to meet each other’s needs. The tickbird is provided a temporary home and receives sustenance by feeding upon the rhinoceros, and the rhinoceros receives the removal of parasites and protection when the bird warns of approaching predators. The tickbird’s role has been given the Swahili name “askari wa kifaru”; this translates in English to “the rhino’s guard.”