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.
For 25 years, CFK Africa has worked alongside slum communities in Kenya to transform health systems, empower youth, and build local leadership. Join us for the US Book Launch of Still, I Rise, and the We Are Together Benefit in Charlotte, NC, on October 10th.
During this milestone event, we honored 25 years of community collaboration and...
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"I gained invaluable storytelling experience rooted in cross-cultural communication, collaboration, and a...
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"Representing Kenya is all about accountability and inspiration. It allows me to tell...
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.
Twenty-five years on, the question we started with is still the one that guides us: what does this community say it needs? "We organize annual community celebrations to identify community members who bring about desired change and impact," says #CFKAfrica CEO Jeffrey Okoro in this recap of our anniversary weekend. Board Chair Rye Barcott puts the case for the model plainly: "The reason it is successful is that it is owned locally. Because there is so much strength in the community, it continues to grow." Watch the weekend back now! #CommunityCelebration #25YearsofService
When Michael Holman read Still, I Rise, what stayed with him was the hope and courage carried in each story. As a former Africa Editor at the Financial Times, he understands the power of stories told with care, especially when they come directly from the people who lived them. This book profiles 28 young women, 28 chapters, each written in her own voice. Still, I Rise is out now, and every copy supports #CFKAfrica’s Girls’ Empowerment Funzo Program, helping young mothers return to school and rebuild their futures. Get your copy: cfkafrica.org/still-i-rise #StillIRise #CFKAfrica
Jane Kilonzo sits on #CFKAfrica's Board and is a Director at HFC Limited. She has watched this work up close for years and speaks on what CFK is built on: talent is universal, opportunity is not. Every young woman who wrote a chapter in Still, I Rise already had the ability. What she needed was a school that would take her back and a community that did not treat her as a cautionary tale. That gap was built, and it can be closed. Still, I Rise is available now for purchase. Every copy supports the Girls' Empowerment Funzo Program, which walks young mothers back into education. cfkafrica.org/still-i-rise
