I’m so serious when I say that Assad Keval is one of the best people I’ve ever met.
He’s someone you immediately feel a deep fondness for. By day, he’s a model & talent agent at
@nomadmgmt_west representing lots of celebs & familiar South Asian faces. His care and love shines through in everything he does and on everyone he works with. So when he told me about the non-profit he founded (
@aloofoundation ), I wasn’t surprised - cos great people, just do great things. What I was completely blown away by however, was the dedication, vision and impact of it all.
Aloo Foundation focuses on education advocacy, clean water and conservation for the rural community in Mtwapa, Kenya. Located a few miles from Mombasa along the coast of the Indian Ocean. The foundation’s tailoring program gives 15 scholarships a year to women in the local village and provides them with the tools, business development skills and training to launch their own successful tailoring and dressmaking business over a year long course. Additionally, their Aloo H20 Kiosk, provides clean and reliable water to over 1000 members in the village of Mtwapa. And their conservation program teaches community members how to regrow, rebuild and protect the 22 acre mangrove forest surrounding the village. With a reforestation of over 70k mangrove seedlings this past year.
Think you might of seen this face before? His brother is
@saqibkeval of Mexico’s
@masalaymaiz and
@mari.gold.mx and they get mixed up all the time. So yeah, ICONS run rampant in this family. And community and activism have clearly been at the heart of everything they do for generations.
Assad and the Aloo family continue the legacy of their grandparents community-first vision of environmental sustainability. The Gujarati family first started working in the community there in the 1950’s when they started building a sustainable farm that contributed back to the local villages. Through Aloo Foundation, Assad continues the legacy of his grandparents community-first vision of environmental sustainability in Mtwapa.
If you’d like to help support the Aloo Foundation and their vital work in Kenya, head over the their website.
My bestie right here!!
