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Our Programs

Community care that helps people thrive.

Zalika Africa Foundation designs community-driven programs that improve health, restore dignity, strengthen livelihoods, and build resilience for vulnerable and underserved populations across Kenya.

How We Work

Programs shaped around real community needs.

Zalika Africa Foundation places people at the heart of development. Through strategic partnerships with communities, healthcare providers, government institutions, faith-based organizations, civil society, climate action organizations, and development partners, we build solutions that improve quality of life while strengthening local capacity.

65+ Older persons supported through age-friendly care, screening, referrals, and family caregiving.
10-24 Adolescents and young people reached with health information, mentorship, and service linkages.
4 Integrated program pathways connecting health, caregiving, livelihoods, and resilience.
360 A holistic model that integrates health, social, emotional, economic, and community support.
Community members gathered for a Zalika Foundation training session
Care begins with equipped families. Training and mentorship help caregivers provide safer, more compassionate support at home.
Caregiving Support

Strengthening the people who care every day.

Families and community caregivers are often the first and most consistent source of support for people living with chronic illnesses, disabilities, age-related conditions, and other health challenges. Zalika Africa Foundation equips caregivers with practical knowledge, psychosocial support, and referral pathways so care can be safer, more effective, and more humane.

Caregiver Training

Practical skills for home-based care, chronic illness support, safe routines, and compassionate communication.

Mentorship and Wellness

Support systems that reduce stress, burnout, and social isolation among family and community caregivers.

Referral Support

Helping families connect with appropriate healthcare, social support, and community resources.

Better Outcomes

Improving the quality of life for both care recipients and the people who support them.

Family caregivers Community caregivers People with chronic illness People with disabilities
Tumaini Program

Restoring dignity, inspiring care, strengthening hope.

The Tumaini Program, Swahili for Hope, supports older persons aged 65 years and above who are living with non-communicable and age-related conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, cancer, stroke, dementia, and other chronic illnesses. The program integrates health, social, emotional, and spiritual support so older persons can age with dignity, comfort, and connection.

Health Screening and Referrals

Linking older persons to screening, treatment, follow-up, and essential health services.

Elderly Care Skills

Training family and community caregivers in chronic disease, dementia, palliative, and psychosocial care.

Basic Medical Equipment

Supporting access to tools such as blood pressure monitors and glucometers where possible.

Community Solidarity

Mobilizing faith institutions, youth groups, and local partners to reduce neglect, loneliness, and stigma.

Older persons 65 years and above Families Community health promoters Faith and local support networks
Hope is built through presence. Tumaini strengthens care around older persons at household and community level.
A community dialogue session facilitated outdoors
Youth-centered support changes futures. Information, mentorship, and service linkages help young people make informed decisions.
Youth Health

Equipping young people to live healthy, resilient lives.

The Youth Health and Empowerment Program supports adolescents and young people aged 10 to 24 years. It responds to interconnected challenges including HIV infection, adolescent pregnancy, sexual and gender-based violence, mental health concerns, and limited access to youth-friendly health services.

HIV Prevention and Care

Supporting access to HIV testing, PrEP, PEP, ART linkages, and age-appropriate health information.

Triple Threat Response

Integrated prevention and referral support for HIV infection, adolescent pregnancy, and sexual violence.

Digital Outreach

Using digital platforms and social media to connect youth with reliable information and services.

Data-Led Learning

Using evidence to understand emerging youth needs and improve interventions over time.

Adolescents aged 10-19 Young people aged 20-24 Schools and youth groups Youth-friendly service providers
Livelihoods & Climate

Growing prosperity while building climate resilience.

The Sustainable Livelihoods and Climate Resilience Program improves household incomes, food security, and resilience among marginalized and vulnerable communities. Through climate-smart farming, agribusiness training, livestock support, water infrastructure, and tree planting, communities can move from vulnerability toward self-reliance.

Climate-Smart Farming

Training farmers in modern practices, improved crop varieties, productivity, and nutrition-sensitive production.

Livestock Seed Stock

Supporting vulnerable families with high-quality breeding goats to establish income-generating enterprises.

Water Resilience

Promoting sand dams, rainwater harvesting, and small-scale irrigation to reduce drought vulnerability.

Tree Planting

Advancing indigenous and fruit tree planting for conservation, biodiversity, soil health, and household income.

Smallholder farmers Women and youth Vulnerable households Climate-affected communities
Water storage tanks supporting climate-resilient farming
Water unlocks resilience. Reliable water access helps communities grow food, protect livelihoods, and withstand dry seasons.
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Help communities access care, dignity, and opportunity.

Partner with Zalika Africa Foundation to strengthen community health, support caregivers, empower young people, protect older persons, and build climate-resilient livelihoods across Kenya.

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