 In 2007 then Senator Barack Obama visited CFK’s youth center and gave a landmark speech calling for ethnic unity and education in Kibera.CFK played a crucial role in providing emergency aid during the Kenyan post-election violence in 2008, and for its efforts the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum honored CFK as its recipient of the Reflections of Hope Award in a ceremony with the former ABC World News Anchor Bob Woodruff and his wife Lee.CFK was cofounded by Rye Barcott (then an undergraduate at UNC), Salim Mohamed and the late Tabitha Festo to help prevent ethnic and religious violence in Kibera through a community-based sports program.