[1] Odede is the co-founder and CEO of Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO), a movement based in Nairobi, Kenya, and New York, USA.
His work has been featured by President Bill Clinton, Madonna, Beyonce,[2] and by Nicholas Kristof in The New York Times and his book A Path Appears.
He is the co-author of the New York Times best-selling book Find Me Unafraid: Love, Loss, and Hope in an African Slum, which he wrote with his wife and business partner, Jessica Posner.
Odede served on the United Nations International Commission for Financing of Global Education Opportunities and on the Board of Directors of Wesleyan University.
Odede is the co-author of an autobiography, Find Me Unafraid: Love, Loss, and Hope in an African Slum, that is about him and his wife, Jessica Posner, and their collaboration.