CYEF

Our programs

Four focus areas. One goal: youth opportunity.

CYEF combines classroom access, mentorship, sport, creative arts, wellness, and conservation into a practical empowerment model.

Learners and mentors gathered at St. Martin's School

Education Empowerment

School access, retention, and transition.

CYEF operates St. Martin's De Porres School, supports ECD learning, bursaries, vocational skills, digital literacy, and life-skills mentorship to improve learner retention and transition.

St. Martin's program
Youth sports activity during Tala Opens

Talent Development

Comedy, sport, mentorship, and platforms.

Through Chipukeezy Comedy Club, Chipukizi Football Club, and school-based mentorship, young people build confidence, discipline, creativity, and networks.

Chipukizi FC program
Red Cross support during a youth sports event

Health & Wellness

Prevention, awareness, and peer support.

Health work includes drug and substance abuse prevention with NACADA, mental health awareness, peer counselling, mentorship workshops, and SRH education in schools and community forums.

See health partnerships
A learner tending a kitchen garden for climate action

Climate Action

Conservation that young people can lead.

The Sports for Conservation campaign uses football and performing arts to bring youth together for tree planting, eco-literacy, and environmental stewardship with pro-climate partners.

Sports for Conservation

Program videos

See the work in motion.

Books for Development

Learning resources arriving at St. Martin's School.

Tala Opens

Sport, talent development, and conservation in one platform.

Climate Action

Tree planting and environmental stewardship with young people.