CFK Africa 2023 – Year in Review
As the end of the year nears, we take a moment to pause and reflect on what we accomplished together in 2023.
As the end of the year nears, we take a moment to pause and reflect on what we accomplished together in 2023.
CFK Africa will host an annual gathering of current and past academic scholarship recipients later this month, as part of a long-term project to improve their educational and career prospects.
An opinion piece by ED Jeffrey Okoro published in STAT News shares his personal story alongside the story of CFK Africa’s work and model.
“I look forward to taking what I learned during my time Kibera and bringing it with me as I continue to learn how I will make a difference in this world.”
Great.com interviewed Joshua Omweno, CFK Africa Project Officer for Education, as part of their ‘Great.com Talks With…’ podcast.
As students were sitting for their Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examinations at the end of 2022, Esther Askoye, student at the neighboring Olympic High School in Kibera, delivered a healthy baby girl at CFK Africa Tabitha Maternity Home. Hours later, she took her national Agriculture examination in the same clinic.
“The three-day training for more than 36 teachers was aimed at equipping them with the necessary skills on how to better support children with disabilities.”
“Soccer can be used not just as a gateway to education, but to also help bridge ethnic barriers.”
“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.”
“As a field officer; I ensure that the community I serve is safe. Alongside other field officers, I sensitize the community on the importance of hygiene practices at the household and business levels to combat the cholera menace 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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