Centre for African Family Studies

09/05/2013 CAFS and IPPF AR SIGN LANDMARK AGREEMENT- 09 May 2013

CAFS -IPPF AR LANDMARK AGREEMENT AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS NAIROBI, KENYA.


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28/11/2011 TSF-EA and UNAIDS at ICASA on 16th Dec 2011 in Addis Ababa

TSF-EA and UNAIDS at ICASA on 16th Dec 2011 in Addis Ababa Ethiopia.

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28/02/2011 CAFS Acting Director holds discussions with Togolese Prime Minister

CAFS Ag. Director recently held discussions with the Togolese Prime Minister on CAFS' current efforts to revitalize the Lome Office.


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16/12/2010 CAFS Announces Opening of New Country Office in Abuja Nigeria

In order to expand CAFS training and technical assistance capabilities, we have recently opened a local office in Abuja, Nigeria. The office will also serve to strengthen CAFS presence in Anglophone West Africa and provide support to the corporate headquarters in Nairobi.<!--[endif] > In order to expand CAFS training and technical assistance capabilities, we have recently opened a local office in Abuja, Nigeria. The office will also serve to strengthen CAFS presence in Anglophone West Africa and provide support to the corporate headquarters in Nairobi.-->

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19/11/2010 Communication skills of the Health Extension Packages Components (HEWs)

The Health Extension Program (HEP) launched in 2003 by the Federal Ministry of Health is an innovative community based program with the aim of creating healthy environment and living condition by making community based health services available at the grass root level.  Under the Sub – Sahara African (SSA) project, CAFS/ Ethiopia’s Country Office has taken the initiative to support the Health Extension Workers (HEW). To this effect the CO has undertaken communication need assessment of the HEWs.

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19/11/2010 Hope against HIV - Microbicide Research Study

Microbicides are this kind ofHIV prevention technology. They are medical products being developed to protect healthy, HIV negative women from becoming infected with HIV during sex.

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19/11/2010 Extended Service Delivery (ESD) - A Knowledge Sharing Conference

CAFS was selected to design and coordinate the ESD’s Knowledge Sharing Conference, from May 11th to the 13th 2010 in Nairobi. The Extended Service Delivery (ESD) Project in a collaborative effort between Intrahealth International, Management Sciences for Health, Pathfinder, and Meridian Group International that aimed to increase access to reproductive health (RH) and family planning (FP) services in fifteen countries (nine of which are located in sub-Saharan Africa).

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19/11/2010 Australian Students Integrate themselves within Asia Pacific and Africa - AYAD

The AYAD program is a volunteer program implemented by the Australian government’s International Development Agency (AusAID). The program was initiated in 1998 to strengthen mutual understanding between Australia and countries within Asia Pacific and Africa. . The program sends 400 young and skilled Australians to developing countries throughout Asia Pacific, and to Kenya and Ghana in Africa.

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29/10/2010 CAFS holds an Extraordinary Board Meeting – 18th and 19th October 2010

From the 18th to 19th of October, CAFS held an extraordinary board meeting at the CAFS Centre Nairobi, Kenya. In attendance were the chairman Mr. Sam Owori, Mr. Pape Gaye, Mr. Tewodros Melesse, Mr. Thomas Wushe, Dr. Vijoo Rattansi, Dr. Sarah Onyango and Prof. Eliwo Akoto as secretary.


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11/08/2010 Resource mobilisation for IPPF MAs in Francophone Africa

The five-day Resource Mobilisation Course for IPPF Member associations was held in Lome with Executive directors, Finance Directors and Volunteers of 13 countries namely Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Niger, Senegal and Togo. CAFS training team composed of four trainers took participants through:

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