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Shamsher Gilani: A lifetime of giving back to Nakuru

Shamsher Gilani: A lifetime of giving back to Nakuru

What began as an effort to provide food soon evolved into a broader mission to help children...

When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020, Shamsher Gilani had only recently retired from a four-decade career as finance director of Gilani’s Supermarket.

Yet, while many people would have welcomed the opportunity to slow down, he found himself taking on a new responsibility: ensuring that vulnerable children and families in Nakuru’s informal settlements did not go hungry.

In brief

When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020, Shamsher Gilani had only recently retired from a four-decade career as finance director of Gilani’s Supermarket. Yet, while many people would have welcomed the opportunity to slow down, he found himself taking on a new responsibility: ensuring that vulnerable children and families in Nakuru’s informal settlements did not go hungry.

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