Empowering Youth in Kenyan Informal Settlements confronts the most critical obstacles at each stage of life, from poor childhood nutrition to lack of education and gainful employment. To ensure lasting change, we will support individuals from early childhood through adulthood, empowering young leaders and fostering powerful partnerships with local organizations.
Despite progress in recent years, Kenya's informal settlement communities continue to face significant challenges related to health, youth development, and economic opportunity, with residents living in dynamic and challenging environments where access to essential services is limited by affordability, reliability, and quality. Youth are particularly affected, facing high rates of unemployment, leaving many without meaningful livelihood opportunities.
CFK Africa runs 20 programs to fight extreme poverty in informal settlements across Kenya, focusing on youth empowerment. With participatory development at our core, we are working alongside youth to improve access to the workforce, education, healthcare, mental health services, reproductive healthcare services, and sports for peace and development.
By supporting local organizations and leaders, CFK Africa will act as an incubator for community-driven change. Centering youth empowerment, we will continue building resilience through sports programs and digital platforms that connect young people to education, employment, and healthcare services. Through community-based research, in collaboration with universities, we will generate data-driven insights that guide interventions. Through this approach, we aim to have a long-term impact.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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