CFK Africa is youth-centered and community-aligned.
We envision a future where a generation of healthy, educated, and innovative youth in informal settlements become visionary leaders and change-makers, facilitated by digital connectivity.
Thanks to your support, Tabitha Week was our most successful community outreach yet! Your contributions empowered our community health promoters to deliver maternal and child healthcare directly to over 300 mothers in Kibera. We reached mothers with life-saving health education and made referrals to our facilities for antenatal care, ultrasounds, and delivery. These efforts honored the legacy of our co-founder Tabitha Festo, who began CFK Africa with just $26 and a dream to provide dignified, compassionate healthcare in slum communities. Together, we are making progress toward improving maternal healthcare for all expectant mothers.
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Read MoreWe are committed to connecting talented slum youth to opportunities. Our approach confronts the most critical obstacles at each stage of life, from poor childhood nutrition to lack of education and gainful employment.
We remove barriers to accessing quality health care.
We equip youth with education, employment, and advocacy skills.
We bring together partners to tackle community challenges.
CFK Africa is locally led. Since our founding in 2001, our participatory development approach has been rooted in the conviction that sustainable impact and solutions to poverty are only possible when the communities most affected are the real change-makers.
We engage community advisory boards, hold feedback sessions, and strengthen collaborations with like-minded organizations, building trust and credibility essential to the success of our programs.
With over two decades of work in our communities, CFK Africa has a proven track record of leading change.
community members served annually.
years of experience working in slums.
of Kenya’s population is < 35 representing power and promise.
Appreciation post! Thank you to all who made #TabithaWeek2025 our most successful outreach yet! Our community health promoters delivered maternal and child health care and education directly to over 300 mothers in late September in honor of our co-founder, Tabitha Festo. From the CHPs who went door-to-door in #Kibera, to the contributors who fueled this work, asante sana (thank you very much). Together, we are making progress toward improving maternal healthcare for all expectant mothers. #gratitude #thankyou #impact #CFKAfrica
#CFKAfrica’s #nutrition project partnered with Shield of Faith CBO to establish a community-centered composting site at Perijang Primary School. As part of the initiative, 10 cone gardens, each assigned to a household, were established to provide a continuous supply of fresh vegetables over six months. The project promotes community ownership in sustainable waste management, organic gardening, and shared responsibility, aiming to enhance food security and improve the economic well-being of families. #healthycommunities
#ThrowbackThursday to our August retreat in #Kajiado with our #Funzo teenage mothers! We hosted a 7-day writers retreat, providing a peaceful and supportive space for 30 of our young mothers to build sisterhood and strengthen their confidence and resilience. We also focused on their storytelling and writing skills - and their narratives will be included in a special book of resilience and dreams! See some of the magic that happened with these #superwomen! #TBT #CFKAfrica
