Our Founder
Roberta M. Coleman is the Founder/President/CEO/ED of Kabod House International. Her passion and heart are for the homeless/unhoused and low-to-no-income women, girls, and children. Roberta is a graduate of National Louis University with an MBA in Nonprofit Management and a B.S. degree in Human Services from the University of Phoenix.
Our Organization
The goal of Kabod House International is to become a trailblazing organization that offers unique and needed services to women, girls, parents, and children in the Chicagoland/South Suburban Cook County area. Our programs include distributing new bras and underwear and feminine hygiene products to women and girls living in poverty, as well as educating them on reproductive health. Every year we provide Winter coats and toys for homeless and foster care children at a local elementary school partner. We also supply baby diapers and wipes for financially struggling parents.
Leadership Team
Roberta M. Coleman, MBA - President
Oliver W. Patton, Jr. - Vice-President, Treasurer
Velma L. Brown - Secretary
Gloria S. Harden - Director
Sandra Howard - Director
Amber Estes-Speese - Director
Shaponda A. Jimerson - Director
Vision & Mission
Our Vision
The vision of Kabod House International is a world where health disparities, period poverty, and diaper poverty is no longer an issue.
Our Mission
KHI's mission is to reduce poverty and health disparities, restore dignity, increase self-esteem, improve mental and reproductive health, and deliver hope in Chicago/South Suburban Cook County by providing free period products for those who menstruate, providing free baby diapers and wipes to those who cannot afford them, free underwear for girls and women, and health education services.