CFK Africa is youth-centered and community-aligned.
We envision a future where a generation of healthy, educated, and innovative youth in informal settlements become visionary leaders and change-makers, facilitated by digital connectivity.
“I aim high for something that I truly want.” Hongera to these CFK Africa TechCraft graduates who recently completed their National Industrial Training Authority examinations! With employment secured after participating in CFK Africa training, these young talents are now earning money and dreaming big. In 2025, TechCraft served 150 participants, achieving a staggering 90% job placement rate and doubling median income, raising the benchmark for workforce development in the NGO sector.
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Read MoreWe are committed to connecting talented slum youth to opportunities. Our approach confronts the most critical obstacles at each stage of life, from poor childhood nutrition to lack of education and gainful employment.
We remove barriers to accessing quality health care.
We equip youth with education, employment, and advocacy skills.
We bring together partners to tackle community challenges.
CFK Africa is locally led. Since our founding in 2001, our participatory development approach has been rooted in the conviction that sustainable impact and solutions to poverty are only possible when the communities most affected are the real change-makers.
We engage community advisory boards, hold feedback sessions, and strengthen collaborations with like-minded organizations, building trust and credibility essential to the success of our programs.
With over two decades of work in our communities, CFK Africa has a proven track record of leading change.
community members served annually.
years of experience working in slums.
of Kenya’s population is < 35 representing power and promise.
FairPlanet recently highlighted our ground-breaking program empowering landlords to take an active role in preventing sexual and gender‑based violence: "Crucially, it engages landlords as male allies – deliberately shifting the burden of safety from the women who have been carrying it alone." When communities step up, change follows. Together, we are creating safer environments: https://www.fairplanet.org/story/kibera-what-the-state-withholds-the-community-builds/ #allyship #endGBV #women #CFKAfrica
🚨Tahadhari ya Mafuriko: Viwango vya maji katika Bwawa la Nairobi vinaendelea kupanda kwa kiasi cha hatari kufuatia mvua kubwa inayonyesha. Mamlaka ya Rasilimali za Maji nchini Kenya (WRA) imetoa onyo ikiwahimiza wakaazi wanaoishi kando na Bwawa la Nairobi, ikiwa pamoja na eneo za #Kibera, Nyayo Highrise, Dam Estate, Lang'ata, Nairobi West, na Madaraka, kuwa waangalifu na kuhamia maeneo ya juu. Mvua kubwa bado inatarajiwa. Kuwa mwangalifu, na ukae salama.
Updates from the field - our PBIDS team held a strategic #community #health engagement meeting with community leaders in #Kajiado North. The goal? Strengthen coordination, partnerships, and shared response to health issues. Together, we’re building stronger links between local leaders and elders, health officers, and the County Government of Kajiado to make communities safer and protected against health threats. #eventbasedsurveillance #health
