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.
Youth in Kenya’s slums face many hardships, but they have learned to be resourceful, creative, and resilient. This holiday season, our youth wrote you a letter sharing their hopes, challenges, and gratitude. They remind us why our mission to empower youth in slums matters and why your support is so vital! Please consider a year-end tax-deductible donation to CFK Africa to support youth leaders like Vallary, Regarne, and Mercy throughout slums in Kenya.
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For CFK Africa, 2025 has been an extraordinary year of impact. We...
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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.
In the 2025 school year, our Lux Sit and Jim Rogers scholars rose to the top! We are proud to celebrate a historic achievement: for the first time ever, three of our scholars earned an A plain, the highest possible KCSE score, representing the top 0.19% of students. We also applaud the many scholars who earned A-minus and B-plus scores. Their journeys have been marked by many ups and downs, and their accomplishments speak to extraordinary perseverance in the face of challenges of growing up in slums. Our scholars reflect on their achievements: https://cfkafrica.org/a-historic-first-lux-sit-and-jim-rogers-scholars-earn-record-kcse-results/
Our #BestSchoolsInitiative is gearing up for a successful school year! We kicked things off with a strategy session by our Teaching at the Right Level Africa (TaRL) Master Trainers, focusing on coordination, reinforcing facilitation standards, and ensuring consistent, high‑quality training across the board. We’re setting the stage for even more impactful TaRL implementation in classrooms this year. Onward to a year of meaningful learning and measurable progress! #youthempowerment #education #BSI #CFKAfrica
We are #AlwaysLearning. In partnership with Save the Children Kenya, we conducted a comprehensive refresher training for Community Health Promoters in Makadara sub-counties on #Maternal, #Newborn, and #ChildHealth. The training enhances their knowledge and skills in delivering essential MNCH services and equips them with updated tools and techniques. We remain committed to strengthening community health systems and ensuring improved #health outcomes for mothers and children. #CFKAfrica
