Miss Koch Kenya
SINCE 2001
Miss Koch Kenya
Breaking the silence for justice, and still building for our communities.
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EDUCATION & MENTORSHIP

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The Crisis That Created Us

Korogocho, home to over 180,000 people, was one of Nairobi’s most densely populated settlements. In 2001, gang violence and a culture of silence left women and girls paying the highest price.


In 2001, young people responded with a radical act: the first Miss Koch Beauty Pageant — “Never say Die, Yes We Can.” A pageant became a movement.

Twenty-five years later, that same conviction is still what moves us — from a beauty pageant that broke the silence, to an organization still building for the community that raised it.