Funzo: A Second Chance at Education
September 4, 2023
CFK Africa’s Funzo project improves health, wellness and educational outcomes for teenage mothers in Kenyan informal settlements.
CFK Africa’s Funzo project improves health, wellness and educational outcomes for teenage mothers in Kenyan informal settlements.
“My message to other teens out there is to come out and look at the challenges our community is facing, and to try to address them in small ways.”
“CFK Africa is working to improve [school] attendance via a variety of methods, and this LEAP project (in partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology) was designed to provide guidance on how to implement, measure, and eventually scale specific interventions to improve school attendance in informal settlements in Kenya.”
“During these four years of schooling, the scholarship not only covered my school fees, but also provided a range of additional activities that shaped my personal growth such as participation in community service, holiday study camps, learning excursions, and mentorship sessions.”
A report from MIT researchers rigorously analyzes an ongoing data collection effort by CFK Africa to study which interventions have the best effect on boosting the rate of primary school graduation among students in informal settlements like Kibera in Nairobi.
CFK Africa’s Interim Director of Strategic Initiatives, Jeffrey Okoro, spoke with VOA News about CFK Africa’s partnership with MIT to improve educational outcomes among students living in Kenya’s informal settlements.
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“The new research from our partners at MIT will help us fine-tune our programs. We are eagerly awaiting this next phase of the Best Schools Initiative to help students in informal settlements gain more educational opportunities which lead to better academic outcomes.”
Selected as one of 10 global partners for the Leveraging Evidence for Action to Promote Change (LEAP) program, CFK Africa and MIT researchers will work together to increase the rate of primary school graduation among students in informal settlements.
CFK Africa’s Program Coordinator for Education and Livelihoods, Joshua Omweno, discussed the collaboration between BIC East Africa and CFK Africa to distribute 300,000 pens to 150,00 students in Kibera.
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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