On October 10th, we celebrated 25 years of locally led impact, bringing together supporters, partners, and friends to honor our shared history and cast the vision of our next chapter.
The evening featured special remarks by Siama Yusuf and Charlotte Barcott, co-editors of Still, I Rise: Stories of Resilience from Teenage Mothers in Kenya’s Slums; Andi Fuentes, board member of the Sall Family Foundation; Joy Barnice Festo, daughter of CFK Co-Founder Tabitha Festo; Megan Smith, former Chief Technology Officer of the United States and CFK Africa Advisory Council member; and Binaifer Nowrojee, President of Open Society Foundations and daughter of CFK’s first pro bono attorney, the late Pheroze Nowrojee.
We also honored the Sall Family with the 25th Anniversary Arms Around the World Award and Brett Bullington with the Lifetime Board Achievement Award.
Proceeds support CFK’s Girls’ Empowerment Program. Learn more.
Community-centered multimedia has been at the core of our impact storytelling over the years.
These five videos collectively tell the CFK story.
For 25 years, CFK has worked alongside slum communities in Kenya to transform health systems, empower youth, and build local leadership. Leveraging what we have learned, CFK is launching the Youth Development Network, with a bold vision to connect 1 million young people across East Africa by 2031.
An animated short that illustrates the power of $26, the amount Tabitha Festo invested to start CFK’s first medical clinic in her home.
The book trailer for It Happened on the Way to War, a memoir by CFK co-founder, Rye Barcott, that details CFK’s origins.
This short film highlights the vulnerabilities young women face in slums and the beginnings of CFK’s girls’ and girls’ soccer programs.
The trailer for Without a Fight, an award-winning documentary following CFK’s early work in sports for development.
