From South Lake Tahoe to Kenya, Cefalu to open $2 million soap factory

From a Chapman dorm room to 12 locations in African countries and now a plan for a soap factory in Kenya, local nonprofit Health 2 Humanity has come a long way in just under three years.

John Cefalu, 2013 South Tahoe High Grad, Chapman senior and Health 2 Humanity’s founder, returned this week from Kenya where he recruited managers for the group’s first factory, made possible by a partnership with the Kenyan government. When it is finished, the plant will provide 500 jobs and 20 million hygiene products to locals over the next 10 years, Cefalu said.

Health 2 Humanity, started in 2014, sends made-from-scratch soap bars to three African nations and assist the locals there in setting up their own self-sustaining hygiene products businesses.

The factory is expected to be completed in early to mid 2018, Cefalu said. In June, H2H will set up five new Kenyan locations, growing its lineup to 17 “stores” throughout Kenya, Uganda and Ghana.

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Health 2 Humanity soaps are available to purchase in South Lake Tahoe. MontBleu's spa sells them as do other locations.