CFK Africa, a locally led youth leadership and public health nonprofit focused on fighting extreme poverty in African informal settlements, announced today seven new members of its global Advisory Council.
The new group of esteemed members include entrepreneurs, academicians, a former member of the U.S. Congress, a co-founder of the Malala Fund and others who will provide expertise as the organization plans new programs to expand access to health care, improve educational outcomes and provide mentorship to girls and young women.
Founded by the late U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, the Advisory Council supports CFK Africa’s growth to informal settlements throughout East Africa while maintaining its unique model of participatory development, which is rooted in the conviction that those in poverty have the solutions to the problems they face and can work in partnership with others to transform their communities from within.
