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 Arms Around the World Benefit in Charlotte, NC, on October 10th.
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During this milestone event, we honored 25 years of community collaboration and...
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.
Every organization has a founding story. Ours began with a nurse who refused to close her door. Tabitha Festo turned $26 (KES 2,000) into a small business, then used what she earned to open a clinic in her home in #Kibera. When people asked why she saw patients at night, her answer was simple: "People don’t stop getting sick at night." In 2001, Tabitha co-founded #CFKAfrica, alongside Salim Mohamed and our Board Chair Rye Barcott. Twenty-five years later, that same conviction still shapes our work: healthcare in informal settlements must be close, affordable, and available when people need it. This week, we celebrate #TabithaFestoWeek. Each day leading up to her birthday on September 24, we’ll share how her legacy lives on at #TabithaMaternityHome, where care continues around the clock. #CommunityHealth
Her clinic once fit inside a 10x10 feet room in Kibera. Today, Tabitha Festo’s idea of care reaches tens of thousands of people every year. As we begin #TabithaFestoWeek, this is what that legacy looks like today: 🩺35,000+ patients receiving care annually at Tabitha Medical Clinic 👼500+ babies welcomed each year at Tabitha Maternity Home 👨👩👧7,500+ young people accessing services through our Youth Friendly Services. The scale has changed, but the principle has stayed the same: healthcare should be close enough to reach, affordable enough to use, and available when people need it. This week, we celebrate the woman whose small clinic helped set all of this in motion! #CFKAfrica #ClinicalHealth #CommunityHealth
Male allyship has to move beyond support in words to action in the community. #CFKAfrica conducted a three-day Male Allyship training in Mukuru Kwa Njenga, bringing together men and community leaders to strengthen their role in preventing and responding to #GBV. The sessions explored how men can challenge harmful norms, promote respectful relationships, support survivors, encourage timely reporting and referrals, and help create safer communities. Preventing GBV requires everyone at the table, and men have an important role to play as active allies for change. #EndGBV #CommunityLeadership
