Community Empowerment

Involving Men and WOmen in Decision making in the community

Sustainable Agriculture

Community Initiative for rural development (CIFORD Kenya) is a community based organization (CBO) that promotes sustainable agriculture through participatory and innovative practices, including organic farming.

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Community Health

The community health is aimed at training the women and their families the basic hygiene and nutrition, Sexual reproductive health and rights for youth in school and out of school

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COVID 19 response

With Emergence of COVID19, these young mothers have chosen to come back and
give back to the community by joining CIFORDs effort to fight COVID-19 in the
rural community by helping to make masks for the communities to protect them
from the virus.

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Alternative rites of passage

CIFORD Kenya has been working with the loal authority, community leaders and the community at large in the fight againist FGM in Meru County.

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School Mentorship Programme

Traning on Sexual and reproductive health , Environmental conservation and adoption of sustainable agriculture in schools within Meru County

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About Us

Community Initiatives for Rural Development (CIFORD Kenya) is a community based organization working in Meru North District of Eastern Province, Kenya. The organization was formed in July 2002 and registered with the Ministry of Sports, Gender and Social Services. The community-based organization was formed to tackle socio-economic problems facing the residents of Meru North District and more so the issues affecting women and children. The organizations main focus is in areas of community capacity building, sustainable agriculture, and community health with emphasis on formation of new, safe, empowering coming-of-age rituals which place strong emphasis on girls staying in school rather than early marriage.

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CIFORD VISION

A self-reliant rural community that is able to evolve a sustainable community development by involving women and children in development process.

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CIFORD MISSION

CIFORD exists to empower women, youth and men in how to build and maintain a sustainable community so that every person has food security, health information, clean water and access to an education

Our Activities

Sustainable Agriculture

we encourage the farmers to use the locally available resources for food production. These skills trained are economically viable, environmentally friendly, and culturally acceptable and socially just for sustainable development.

Community capacity building

This is aimed at enabling the community realize their full potential and be able to voice and deal with issues which are anti- developmental in the society.

Community Health

The community health is aimed at training the women and their families the basic hygiene and nutrition, Sexual reproductive health and rights for youth in school and out of school