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.
Youth in Kenya’s slums face many hardships, but they have learned to be resourceful, creative, and resilient. This holiday season, our youth wrote you a letter sharing their hopes, challenges, and gratitude. They remind us why our mission to empower youth in slums matters and why your support is so vital! Please consider a year-end tax-deductible donation to CFK Africa to support youth leaders like Vallary, Regarne, and Mercy throughout slums in Kenya.
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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.
New year, new opportunities to serve YOU! Our Tabitha Medical Clinic provides affordable, accessible, and quality healthcare. DYK? Our services include: consultation, immunization, family planning, growth monitoring, counselling, pediatric clinic, antenatal/postnatal care, X-ray, ultrasound, lab services, HIV/AIDS prevention and care, and cervical cancer screening and treatment. We are open to serve YOU Monday-Saturday, 7:30am-4:00pm. Come see us to start the new year healthy and strong. Call 0710 455 716 with inquiries. #CFKAfrica
#UNC students - just 10 days left to apply for #CFKAfrica’s immersive, global, summer experience in #Kenya. Our #PeacockFellowship and Gillings Global Health Practicum allow you to turn your classroom learning into real-world impact. Spend your summer working on global health, youth leadership, communications, and community development with our team in #Kibera. 💡 Open to UNC undergrads, grads, PhDs, and rising 2nd‑year MPH students. 📝 Priority Areas: Journalism, PR & Communication and Pharmaceutical Research 📅 Apply by Jan 16, 2026 Learn more: cfkafrica.org/peacock-fellow UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health UNC African Studies Center UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy
And we're back at it in a New Year! Our Lux Sit and Jim Rogers team is reviewing scholarship applications from prospective scholars - the talent is incredible, and the need is great. We’re taking our time to make sure every student gets a fair, transparent, and inclusive review for educational support, and we applaud all who took the time to submit an application. We can't wait to meet our new class of #LuxSit & Jim Rogers #scholars. #youthleaders #education #empowerment
