Press Release – CFK Africa Announces New Executive Director
July 19, 2023
CFK Africa announced it has hired Jeffrey Oduro Okoro to be its fifth executive director since its founding in 2001.
CFK Africa announced it has hired Jeffrey Oduro Okoro to be its fifth executive director since its founding in 2001.
“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.”
UNC Peacock Fellow Stephanie Momanyi brings us along on one of CFK Africa’s interactive cooking sessions for mothers and children in Kibera.
Frankline Kaburia, a nutritionist from CFK Africa, explains that they are conducting screenings to identify malnourished children in the area.
“The social and economic consequences of inadequate water and sanitation services are generally devastating. Without these critical services, people fall ill, children miss out on learning, especially girls, and entire communities can be displaced by water scarcity,” said Eddah Ogogo, a primary healthcare coordinator at CFK Africa.
“This is a privilege and a chance to show the community that we can clean our environment ourselves,” one of the participating youth leaders said. “A clean environment means a better life.’’
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 Psychological Counselor, Elmard Rigan, and Project Officer for the Best Schools Initiative, Vivian Adhiambo, speak about our work to support youth leadership development in informal settlements through value-based sports, education programs, life skills trainings, and more on TV47 Kenya.
CFK Africa’s football exhibition at CreaKids Sports Centre in Gatwekera Village was featured in a sports digest feature on NTV Kenya.
CFK Africa will host a growth and monitoring activity for children under the age of 5 in Kibra on Friday, 23, June 2023.
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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