Integrated projects meeting the unique needs of women and youth in our communities
Understanding that adolescent girls and young women face unique challenges in informal settlements, CFK Africa applies a gender lens to its work in Primary Health Care and Education and Livelihoods, ensuring that girls and young women have equal access to opportunities.
We help girls discover their rights and personal leadership capabilities as they build confidence through a combination of mentorship and advocacy efforts.
“At the safe space, [the girls] saw me as their role model, teacher, mother, and big sister who understands their issues. We share issues affecting them and other teenage mothers and discuss how to tackle those issues.”
-Juliet Ayuma, mentor with CFK Africa
Women face multiple barriers to full participation, but they often first experience these challenges as younger girls, which can limit their participation and leadership later in life. Prevailing social norms and cultural attitudes discourage women’s activism, which in turn limits their willingness and agency to take action.
Though sexual violence is one of the most critical public health and human rights issues in Kenya, survivors still lack access to affordable, long-term psychosocial support.
Our flagship Sports for Development project engages youth in team-based sports to teach teamwork, leadership, and equality. Youth also participate in workshops on sexual and reproductive health, WaSH, and gender parity. Our sports programming acts as a gateway, inviting youth to participate in additional youth-friendly programs.
youth reached through CFK Africa’s sports programming since its inception in 2001
organization to implement the Sports for Development initiative focusing on peace and ethnic cohesion in Kibera
With experience traveling and living in informal settlements in Africa, India, and China, our newest Advisory Council member, Steve Arnold, reflects on the importance of social context and listening in effective development work.
CFK Africa is a registered NGO in Kenya and 501(c)(3) nonprofit in the U.S. that improves public health and economic prosperity in informal settlements through participatory research, primary health care, and education.
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