Arise News – Interview with ED Jeffrey Okoro Spotlights Challenges Kenyans Face to Affordable Healthcare During Medical Strike
April 11, 2024
“Kibera is just a small portion of what’s happening in the country,” said Okoro.
“Kibera is just a small portion of what’s happening in the country,” said Okoro.
“I am grateful for CFK Africa’s dedicated healthcare workers who are facing these new challenges head-on. They have confronted referrals to our clinic from public hospitals outside the scope of our primary care services that strain our resources.”
“At least 600 young women have returned to school through the group’s programme.”
“To us, it’s about how we can protect, prevent, but, most importantly, share knowledge that we are learning from this health surveillance platform that we have,” he said.
“As a leading NGO and healthcare provider in Kibera, Kenya’s largest informal settlement, CFK Africa is at the frontlines of this crisis.”
“We share the CDC’s vision for global health equity, in which all people have access to quality health services and can attain the highest levels of health, no matter their circumstances.”
KTN News Kenya interviewed young mothers in CFK Africa’s Funzo Project, Community Health Promoters, school administrators, and a member of the Funzo Project’s community Advisory Council about CFK Africa’s support of teenage mothers in returning back to school.
CFK Africa received an award this month from Isuzu East Africa for its decades-long girls’ empowerment efforts championing girls and young women in Kenyan informal settlements through health, education, and sports initiatives.
Executive Director Jeffrey Okoro was featured on VOA News – Africa 54 to talk about CFK Africa’s girls empowerment program models and successes with Esther Githui-Ewart.
“We understand that girlhood and adolescence are marked by significant growth, development, and change, filled with vulnerabilities and incredible opportunities and potential,” said CFK Africa Executive Director Jeffrey Okoro.
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