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.
UNC Peacock Fellow Stephanie Momanyi brings us along on one of CFK Africa’s interactive cooking sessions for mothers and children in Kibera.
“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 together with other local organisations joined hands to conduct a massive clean up around Maranatha in Katwekera village. It was dubbed “vita vya takata.”
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Mitchelle completed life skills and entrepreneurship trainings through CFK Africa, preparing her to grow a successful business and empower other young people in Kibera with employment opportunities.
“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.”
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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