Empowering Youth in Kenyan Informal Settlements

In Kibera, empowerment takes many different forms.

Sometimes, it looks like a classroom where young leaders learn to use their voices. And sometimes, it looks like girls mobilizing to take charge of her own health.

Thank you for joining CFK Africa in making these stories possible - you are creating change:

• Each year, CFK brings emerging leaders together through our Youth Leadership Pathway Curriculum. Now in its fourth cohort, the program creates pathways for meaningful community service, empowering youth to lead with purpose wherever they go. Victor’s motivation? “I want to build my communication and leadership skills to stand up and speak with courage.”
• In Kilifi, CFK Africa’s Girls’ Parliament put learning into action, advocating for greater access to sanitary towels. With support from local authorities, the girls mobilized over 1,000 packs of sanitary pads for distribution to girls and young women at a special community event. The turnout was overwhelming, the energy inspiring, and the impact immediate.
• Using her new knowledge in nutrition, financial literacy, and entrepreneurship from CFK’s Nutrition Champions training, Judith, a mother of six in Kibera, improved her child’s health and launched a successful charcoal business. Now a respected Nutrition Champion Mother, she shares her knowledge with other women, becoming a leader and source of empowerment.

2026 is a milestone for CFK Africa as we mark 25 years of empowerment in slums, of community-led ideas, and of scaling innovations in some of the world’s highest-poverty communities.

Thank you again for being a partner in this impact.