John-f.

I am a positive thinker with the belief in the power of Humanity to improve the welfare of man everywhere. I trust that the Oneness of Humanity will lead to the realization of the MDGs. I believe in man’s innate capacity for self improvement through help for self help. I believe poverty anywhere affects Humanity everywhere and that Humanity must therefore unite to fight poverty together. Poverty reduces man to an animal denying human beings the dignified co-existence between man and God, and man with man. I believe in the dignity and sanctity of life. Poverty dehumanizes and takes away a person’s self-hood. We can’t let it go on…..

Heaven...

A life that gives all a fair chance to do what one desires to do to live a full and satisfying life. A life that allows dignified co-existence with God, with nature and with man himself. A life of equal opportunity for all irrespective of social class.

John-f. Oddenyo is the Executive Director and founder of CULINKE. He has several years experience of volunteer and community service, the last having been at the Kenya Red Cross Society as the Western Kenya Regional Blood Donor Recruiter. At the height of the post election violence in Kenya he was the acting Nyanza Regional Manager of the Kenya Red Cross Society where he spearheaded the emergency response. John-f., a former high school teacher of History and Government believes poverty could very well account for the sad and regrettable actions of the common man in reaction to the election results. Today he is an Institutional Development Consultant for non-profit organisations. His interests in the development sector are varied and he understands health and the Right to Health as crucial to development and poverty reduction. No-one leads a productive life when he is not healthy. He is a firm believer in the possibility of changing lives through the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) especially if the donor community would work closely with non-state actors, and if organisations and developing countries’ governments could be truly transparent and accountable to donors and to those they serve. John-f. sits in both the Board of Trustees and the Professional Advisory Committee as Secretary. He is a member of the UK Cambridge Association of Managers.