Did You Know?
Carolina for Kibera is part of the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). Our *new* CFC number is 11016.
CFC promotes and supports philanthropy through a program that is employee focused, cost–efficient, and effective in providing all federal employees the opportunity to improve the quality of life for all.
If you are a federal employee, learn how to donate via the CFC.
Volunteers
Rye Barcott
President and Founder
Rye Barcott graduated with a B.A. in Peace, War, and Defense from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a Triangle Institutes for Security Studies Millennium Fellow and a Burch Fellow. While an undergraduate at UNC, Rye founded CFK in Kenya with Salim Mohamed and the late Tabitha Atieno Festo, who each shared the conviction that the poor have the solutions to the problems they face.
Rye served on active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps for five years and is currently a joint MPA and MBA candidate at Harvard University, where he is a Catherine B Reynolds Foundation Social Entrepreneurship Fellow. He is co-editor of Armed Conflict in Africa (Scarecrow, 2003).
Rye is a member of the Harvard University’s Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility and Committee on Rights and Responsibilities. He also serves as a member of the UNC NROTC Board of Directors.
