Local Leadership

Meets the Moment

Together,

we Met the Moment

Our 2025 Annual Report

Informed by 24 years of locally-led community engagement, CFK Africa met the moment in 2025, outperforming expectations as foreign-aid-dependent systems were forced to scale back or shutter amid the swift reduction in US aid.

We saw a 28% increase in patient visits at our clinics, filling the care gap left by funding shortages, and delivered a record number of babies at Tabitha Maternity Home, proving that community-rooted systems are the most resilient safeguard against global instability.

We developed new models to scale, training landlords as first responders to gender-based violence (GBV) and launching a second Gender Desk in Mathare, ensuring GBV is addressed with coordinated community action.

We invested in young leaders like our Kibera Soccer Women FC, national Women’s Cup champions, who challenged the narrative on what slum youth can achieve.

We advanced youth workforce development and job placement for ambitious youth and scaled training for girls in higher-paying, male-dominated fields, ensuring young women have an equal chance at success.

We secured a highly competitive global opportunity for CFK’s young athletes, earning a place at Festival 2026 in Boston held in tandem with the World Cup, promoting sports leadership and talent exchange on an international stage.

These milestones reflect CFK’s core principle that lasting solutions are shaped by those closest to the challenge.

In 2026, our 25th year of empowering youth in slums, we are launching a Youth Development Network to empower the next generation of African leaders, with a vision of 1 million slum youth moving from survival mode mindsets to purpose-driven futures.

We look forward to continuing this journey and thank you for walking with us.

Tuka Pamoja (we are together),


Jeffrey Okoro,
Chief Executive Officer


Rye Barcott,
Board Chair; Co-Founder

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Tuko Pamoja: We are Together

As we approach our quarter-century milestone, we invite our supporters to join us in a unified culture of philanthropy: the Tuko Pamoja Community. In Swahili, Tuko Pamoja means “We Are Together”—a call to collective action.

Members of this special giving community move youth from survival mindsets to purpose-driven futures.

Your annual support fuels our progress, ensuring the next 25 years are defined by unity and sustainable change.

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