Teachers Taking Charge: Nourishing Children in Kibera through Economic Resilience
April 24, 2024
“Through this community-generated solution, children at ECD centers are receiving better nutrition, ensuring they can thrive.”
“Through this community-generated solution, children at ECD centers are receiving better nutrition, ensuring they can thrive.”
“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.”
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.
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.
This new mother of three is transforming her future through education.
CFK Africa launched the expansion of its girls’ empowerment initiative this week to support teenage mothers. The Funzo project improves the health, wellness, and educational outcomes of teenage mothers residing in informal settlements in Kenya, including Nairobi and Kilifi Counties.
CFK Africa named 10 new recipients of its scholarship program designed to empower students in informal settlements to succeed throughout all four years of high school, bringing its total number of currently funded scholars to 92.
This month, CFK Africa announced a new partnership with We One Action Network (WOAN) to support its Best Schools Initiative in 2024, continuing the organization’s efforts to improve educational outcomes in informal settlements in Kenya.