Carolina for Kibera

CFK Africa is a registered non-governmental organization headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya and a 501(c)3 nonprofit in the U.S.

CFK Africa envisions a future where a generation of healthy, educated, and innovative youth in informal settlements become visionary leaders and change-makers, facilitated by digital connectivity.

It all started with $26, an unlikely connection, and a strong commitment to community service.

Co-founded in 2001 by a Kenyan nurse based in Kibera, a Kenyan community organizer, and a University of North Carolina student who responded to community need for projects to support youth development and provide healthcare, CFK Africa has grown from managing a youth sports program and a 10-foot-by-10-foot clinic to one of the largest and longest-standing NGOs in Kibera delivering high-quality primary health services to thousands of patients and developing hundreds of impressive young leaders through education and youth development programming.

Tabitha was an unemployed nurse and widowed mother when she started CFK Africa’s first medical clinic out of her 10×10-foot home with just $26.

Salim was a founding member of the Mathare Youth Soccer Association (MYSA) before co-founding CFK Africa in 2001.

Rye first traveled to Kibera as a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-Chapel Hill) to study ethnic violence among youth.

Time Magazine and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation named CFK Africa a Hero of Global Health in 2005.