Bakee Mtaani (Basketball in the Hood) program was designed to introduce a basketball playing culture in the informal settlements within Nairobi. The program aims to provide safe public spaces for youths and communities at large in Nairobi’s informal areas to come together and have fun playing basketball. As witnessed, it empowers young people through sports, helping them develop positive life skills.

So far, JFF has built four full-size basketball courts: Gatina, HGM, BP, and Humama. These courts were launched in November 2020, November 2021, January 2022, and July 2022, respectively. The Humama basketball court was built in partnership with KFC “Kuku Foods.”

The foundation intends to construct a total of 25 basketball courts (both half and full size) in different communities, which will serve as safe spaces for driving social change.