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.
What began with a small clinic and organized youth soccer has become a model for community-driven change—now active in 26 slums across Kenya. You made this possible.
"Their perspectives, creativity, and lived experiences are things I cannot find elsewhere,...
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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.
With 25 years of service, #CFKAfrica hosts its annual Community Celebration on August 8 at Undugu Grounds. Are you IN? RSVP to join in the celebration: https://bit.ly/CFKat25 and share the image below! CFK Africa inaleta sherehe ya mtaani August 8 pale Undugu Grounds! Utakuwa area? RSVP hapa ujoin: https://bit.ly/CFKat25 #CFKat25 #Happy25CFK #LocallyLed
"Their perspectives, creativity, and lived experiences are things I cannot find elsewhere, and I think that is what makes this fellowship so rare." #PeacockFellow and UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health MPH student, Erin Lim reflects on the first half of her #CFKAfrica experience in our latest #blog: https://cfkafrica.org/peacock-fellow-reflections-karibu-to-my-summer-winter-in-kenya/. What she's looking forward to most? Engaging with our innovative Youth Media Corps project. Stay tuned for part two. #GlobalHeels
