Meet a Health Champion: Austrine Musili
April 4, 2024
“Preventive healthcare is the most important step in ensuring communities are free from diseases.”
“Preventive healthcare is the most important step in ensuring communities are free from diseases.”
“Adolescent girls in Kibera are knowledgeable, resourceful, and solutions-focused.”
CFK Africa launched the expansion of its girls’ empowerment initiative this week to support teenage mothers. The Funzo project improves the health, wellness, and educational outcomes of teenage mothers residing in informal settlements in Kenya, including Nairobi and Kilifi Counties.
As the end of the year nears, we take a moment to pause and reflect on what we accomplished together in 2023.
“My time in North Carolina was valuable both professionally and personally.”
As students were sitting for their Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examinations at the end of 2022, Esther Askoye, student at the neighboring Olympic High School in Kibera, delivered a healthy baby girl at CFK Africa Tabitha Maternity Home. Hours later, she took her national Agriculture examination in the same clinic.
“The three-day training for more than 36 teachers was aimed at equipping them with the necessary skills on how to better support children with disabilities.”
“As a field officer; I ensure that the community I serve is safe. Alongside other field officers, I sensitize the community on the importance of hygiene practices at the household and business levels to combat the cholera menace in Kibera.”
“We teach breastfeeding mothers from three months onwards on how to express their milk. We teach them how to store because for some they don’t have refrigerators.”
CFK Africa experts were sought after for news stories on international radio outlets during World Breastfeeding Week. Listen here.