Meet Dr. Joe Karogi, Who Helps Kenyan Migrants Settle Down in the US

Meet Dr. Joe Karogi, Who Helps Kenyan Migrants Settle Down in the US

31 years ago, Dr. Joe Karogi embarked on a journey to help Kenyans relocating to the US to transition, and has never looked back.

Karogi, a resident of Raleigh, North Carolina, has lived in the US for 35 years and admits life there is not for the faint-hearted. Dr. Karogi holds a doctorate in Counselling (mental wellness and addiction). He also holds a degree in theology. The father of two is married to Dr. Mary Karogi, a high school teacher.

With the help of his wife and other stakeholders, Karogi founded Kenya Christian Fellowship in America (KCFA), an organization that helps Kenyans moving to the US to settle down and deal with issues such as culture shock. “I saw it wise to have a way we as Kenyans who moved to the US years back to help other Kenyans moving to the US to get a soft landing whenever they come here because life and culture in the US is different from that in Kenya,” Karogi said during a recent interview on Metha ya Kagoni YouTube show.

“The real hustling is in the US and I am saying that with a lot of respect. As much we see TV Coming to America, it is a real struggle. I have seen people who won Green Cards and they end up returning home because life is very hard,” he added.

KCFA, which was founded in 1990 in Birmingham, Alabama, currently has 27 chapters spread across the US states.

In 2019, KCFA acquired a 75-acre parcel of land in Norlina town, North Carolina where it plans to build its offices and an international conferencing facility that will serve as a revenue stream for the organization.
 

Comments

Guest (not verified)     Mon, 05/31/2021 @ 08:24pm

Is that heena on his head and why does he look like he is missing lower teeth.A picture does tell 1000 words and yes am judging

Maxiley (not verified)     Wed, 06/02/2021 @ 01:58pm

In reply to by Sukari (not verified)

@ Sukari Ichecked the link,and initially the lingo threw me off base alittle,but Ikept on listening,and true to what you saidis right he is a counselor .But I believe your main point was to show that this fellow is not toothless,that is for those shallow minded people who make it a big deal. Let's judge the man by what he does for society or humanity at large. I dont see any difference between laughing at a person without teeth,as opposed to someone without legs.Even if we know what cause it,there is no room for making fun of it at all.These bodies shall at one time be useless whether with full parts of parts missing.Let focus on what makes us good human beings.

Akinyi (not verified)     Tue, 06/01/2021 @ 07:02am

In reply to by Guest (not verified)

The doctor needs to counsel your judgmental small head! What if he is missing his lower teeth but still does all that good work of helping others, while you waste your invaluable time yapping here like kimundu muguruki? Shape up! Shenzi wewe!

Nyina wa Chege (not verified)     Tue, 06/01/2021 @ 12:00pm

In reply to by Guest (not verified)

What is really with our boys today? @guest, why are you insulting a man your father’s age! I don’t understand this boy called guest! I hope people forgive me but I want to say one thing. Boys like @guest need real men’s work done to them! He lacks respect and dignity to himself and others! I don’t even think my 2x4 piece of wood across his face will rekebisha his juvenile problems! @guest, call the Doctor and personally apologize to him fir being silly! That is all I have to tell you!

Kariuki (not verified)     Fri, 08/06/2021 @ 05:32pm

In reply to by Guest (not verified)

You are addicted to hate and addiction is one of the issues he deals with. You therefore qualify to be his client. Please,seek his help. And by the way, what is worse than the other...having a missing teeth or having missing brain?

Rotten (not verified)     Tue, 06/01/2021 @ 01:43am

Ediot might be destroying some people future thinking America is heaven and a disastrous to most immigrants social life(happiness), plus most loose to conterparts in third world countries.

Sukari (not verified)     Tue, 06/01/2021 @ 04:24am

@Guest...of all the things to take from above clip, is his physical appearance the only thing you could dissect? So what if that is henna (any fool can see it is the lighting) or that he may not have lower teeth (again it is the lighting and blurring)? Every time we have some positive energy shinning through our communities, we have some haters/snippers waiting on the side line to bring one down. Grow up and give some respect. This man has lived and is now giving back. Many of our people have not managed to do this and God knows we have lost many these past months. It is a privilege to live to a ripe old age with no hair, teeth or whatever else withers. You are not judging, you are hating. Heshima sio utumwa.

Lucy (not verified)     Tue, 06/01/2021 @ 11:45am

In reply to by Sukari (not verified)

This guy @guest is very childish! These are the Kenyan warevi in America today! They service on the Bull and Schmitz beer and now he can only see is the physical impairment of this good man! This @guest man is totally bewitched! I have read a lot of his boyish nonsense here and he is a man of no substance! We appreciate what the de is doing to help others! Wachana na kubafu!

Sukari (not verified)     Thu, 06/03/2021 @ 02:16pm

In reply to by Gathoni (not verified)

@Gathoni...for clarity. I support and applaud the man's work. I detest any man/woman who brings misery on another whilst seemingly mocking the victim by declaring yeye ndiye analikatiwa. Get real and accept people will have different opinion on matters. This forum is open to all. Get over it. I don't like the woman tosha. That is my "light", Got it?

Mwangi (not verified)     Tue, 06/01/2021 @ 06:57am

If you don’t have anything positive to say, don’t say it. You must have self confidence issues. Why all the matusis?
I was gonna call you a fool but now I won't. I will say a prayer for you instead.

Lucy (not verified)     Tue, 06/01/2021 @ 11:50am

In reply to by Mwangi (not verified)

Very low self esteem by the @guest! Hello Dr can you reach out and help this guy calling himself @ guest? Certainly he is crying out for help by trying to insult a hard working doctor! He really needs help both physically and mentally! This man @guest needs a lot of prayers to have God transform his small and shriveled heart!

Anonymous UI (not verified)     Tue, 06/01/2021 @ 07:06am

Well, its time to help Kenyans resettle back in Kenya. Alot of Kenyans and Africans are moving back to Africa after Covid-19 and its effects.
" There is no place like home"

Gatheca (not verified)     Tue, 06/01/2021 @ 12:35pm

In reply to by Seneca (not verified)

The luo cna @ceneca from Massachusetts has now come out of the wood works to dispute the work of this man because he is a kikuyu from Rari!

@ceneca and your brother @guest, both of you never disappoint when it comes to a kikuyu accomplish something in America! You are just some bonafide tribalist.

But remember @ceneca, it is the Kikuyus from central Kenya and in the Rift Valkey that are sending foods, meat and milk plus honey to feed your hungry people in kisumu town and the whole of Nyaza! That is a fact you can’t hide!

You can hate Kikuyus all you want but you can never survive without them! We can’t marry you because you so damn ugly and we love women with pretty face!

And for you information, you know something - Raila will never be president without the kikuyu vote!

@ceneca, your immaturity is far beyond pale! Ethikanye omela you fool!

The eyes of a frog never keeps the cows from drinking water in a stream! You eyes are just mbirigori. We will continue to feed you until you learn cultivating the land does not kill you!

Njora (not verified)     Wed, 06/02/2021 @ 10:19pm

In reply to by Seneca (not verified)

I would rather have a thief than a perpetual beggars like most Luo. Your lazy tribe has less than 2 million votes. The larger kikuyu group has over 6 million votes! There will not be a Raila presidency without the special group called the Kikuyus. We have never needed your luo folks for anything, for nearly sixty years! We do not need you now! You are a sick puppy!

Munyua (not verified)     Tue, 06/01/2021 @ 12:52pm

In reply to by Seneca (not verified)

Is dr karogi the reason you are jealous about his achievements or his Doctor wife for the work that they doing?

You get jealous any time you see a kikuyu’s name associated with good things! But do you think we care about you? You make ugly comments equivalent to your ugly luo name! All I can tell you is - gati gaka tiga urimu na wuiru!!.

The Kikuyus are the back born of Kenya! We make Kenya move wherever we are in this world!

Dr Karogi is changing lives by helping others. What is you damn problem @ceneca?

Guest3000 (not verified)     Tue, 06/01/2021 @ 11:29am

Landed in US , had no one to hold my hands at all, hustled peke yangu, meanwhile many who had relatives left and right or churches to hold their hands, even in their 50s they are still stifled , I wonder why? God gave each one of us a brain, use it and America is not the only place one needs to go to make it

Sukari (not verified)     Tue, 06/01/2021 @ 03:17pm

In reply to by Guest3000 (not verified)

@Guest3000...that is why you should step forward to mentor someone coming in. We are not all the same, so if you see a lost lamb from your flock, don't you feel a twitch of loyalty to rescue and lead? C'mon now....

Seneca (not verified)     Wed, 06/02/2021 @ 02:12pm

In reply to by Guest3000 (not verified)

Tell them...libraries are free and internet everywhere. I see these churchy-type who came at age 5 or 10 caught up in so much nonsense. I like your mindset...lets have a cocktail in Boston on me - networking with like minds. Achana na hawa wa kanisa, roho chafu kama mavi na intellectual laziness juu yake. Holla at: nekoyeakeki@gmail.com

Mwaura (not verified)     Fri, 06/04/2021 @ 06:17pm

In reply to by Seneca (not verified)

You got nothing to tell us old lady @ceneca! Stop putting your dirty foot deep in your smelly mouth! You are the last animal to tell any body anything! Everything about is bad and rotten! We are not listening!

Macharia (not verified)     Tue, 06/01/2021 @ 12:12pm

In the old days, we used to discipline folks like @guest by putting them in a round bee hive and just rolling them down the cliff such as kirurumo Kia Nyahururu!

They learned good manners if they did not die in the process! But other stupid folks learned something from those rolled down the cliff to never insult the elders!

I hate the new family setting where boys are carrying women last names. You will find out that this @guest has a woman last name like @guest wa Njoki! I surely respect our women! But the presence of a man in the house makes a huge difference!

So @guest never became a man because he never had an experience with a man in the house! So, it is what it is!!

GuestC (not verified)     Sun, 06/13/2021 @ 11:36pm

In reply to by Macharia (not verified)

presence of a real man...these days wanaume america wamekua wanawake..don't want our sons emulating them..someone doesn't even know bill ya stima inalipwa aje or rent/mortgage is a not so good role model

Kora kanini (not verified)     Tue, 06/01/2021 @ 03:00pm

AMERICA IS LIKE THE WORST WHORE ON EARTH, BUT EVERY MAN OR WOMAN WANTS A PIECE OF THAT A$$.
I LIKE THE PIECE WRITTEN BUT, FOR DACTARI. HE IS LOOKING AT THE DOLLAR SIGNS AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT.
UKAUZI WA WAKENYA HAUTOISHA MPAKA SIKU YA KIAMA...

Mkenya halisi (not verified)     Tue, 06/01/2021 @ 03:39pm

I met this guy at Nanyuki when I went to pick up my Nanyuki titles too at AMG offices.He is a good man.Watu wa diaspora Ebu buy those Nanyuki plots instead of talking shit.In few years u won’t b able to afford Nanyuki juu the way that town is expanding is amazing.Those who think Rao will b prezzo 2022 can go back to sleep n dream again.It will never happen without kikuyu votes n Kikuyus sweared since 1963 never to support jaramogi ondinga family into the hous of the hill coz of their ugly character.

Kaswende (not verified)     Tue, 06/01/2021 @ 08:13pm

Least of all respect the elders. His is a better clergy man doing good .What do others do is to build wealth like the world mansions, paid vacations with their spouses , big cars , plots ,professional salary instead of doing humanitarian work like the doctor.Let us think of those in jail, human trafficking victims they need help including ex - convictions to find work. Those being deported, Covid 19 survivors left by loved ones etc.

Mundu (not verified)     Wed, 06/02/2021 @ 10:52am

Heard of KCFA a while back, but never attended the conferences. Didnt know they had moved on to selling plots. The 75 acre purchase for conference space raised my eyebrow too, but if its to finance their ops, guess they deserve it. As a Dr. am sure the guy has made his 6 figure salaries annually and is comfortable, so if he helps the new ones, thats good for all. Right? I too am keen on helping refugees especially from East Africa. Its a rewarding experience to assist one mkae it.

George (not verified)     Fri, 06/04/2021 @ 06:13pm

In reply to by Seneca (not verified)

@shineke - You really got an attitude problem with this doctor while you are a mere cna. It would make some sense if you had better level of education before you start cutting down a man who worked hard for his PhD!

Your luo sacking attitude tells it all the reasons kikuyus have always taken a brunt panga to circumcise your guys without water from River Mathioya!

I’m beginning to wonder where Uhuru is taking us with Raila! You don’t give power to arrogant and lazy people. I also don’t think Ruto is the answer for 2022 - he is a crooked thief!

You can never put an ignorant on the wheel to drive a car; rest all the passages die before they arrive to the expected destination!

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