Get a taste of CFK Africa and Kenyan cuisine through our Karibu Mezani cookbook, which celebrates culture, educates on nutrition, and supports severely malnourished children living in some of the world’s most vulnerable areas. Karibu Mezani was produced in 2021 by CFK with contributions from CFK staff, board members, partners, and alumni.
The suggested donation for this book helps us provide life-saving nutrition interventions for malnourished children in informal settlements, giving them a second chance to live a full and healthy life.
To order the book, please contact admin@cfkafrica.org!
Dive into CFK Africa’s origin story through It Happened on the Way to War, a memoir by CFK co-founder, Rye Barcott. Published in 2011, the book juxtaposes the founding and leadership of CFK with Rye’s service in the Marine Corps in Iraq, Bosnia, and the Horn of Africa.
Gain a deeper understanding of the challenges facing adolescent girls and young women living in informal settlements through the photos and accompanying essays captured in LightBox. Published in 2006, LightBox is comprised entirely of photographs taken and essays written by members of CFK Africa’s girls’ empowerment programming. Their expressions offer a candid look at the lives of young women living in informal settlements.
LightBox demonstrates the value of empowering a young woman and is a celebration of the victories these young women achieve every day. Their photography and essays display a powerful message – one of struggle, perseverance, and hope.
The more we interact with community members, the more we learn. Our community-based research activities place community partnerships based on mutual trust at the forefront and leverage existing community strengths to build long-term and sustainable interventions and relationships.
We consistently adapt our initiatives to meet each community’s most pressing needs, and we encourage community members to take ownership in the initiatives to maximize impact and ensure sustainability.
Still operating on its partnership and home-based care model. CFK’s nutrition program reaches 17,000+ children and all 13 villages in Kibera. In response to the success and cost-effectiveness of the new model, CFK decides to close its Nutrition Centre and re-focus on expanding its nutrition program through partnerships with CHVs, informal schools, and early childhood development centres.
Translating to “Trash is Cash,” Taka ni Pato was an income-generating, solid waste management and recycling project that removed more than 2,000 tons of trash each year from Kibera and equipped youth with income-generating opportunities as well as upcycling and entrepreneurship skills.
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CFK Africa is a registered NGO in Kenya and 501(c)(3) nonprofit in the U.S. that empowers youth in slums.
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