About
Who we serve
"Jamii" is Swahili for community, or family. It is who CECF works for: the grassroots groups and the people behind them, across every county we reach.
The Our Jamii platform
A page for every community we work with
Every group we register gets a public Our Jamii page — who they are, what they are raising for, and a receipt for every shilling given, sent straight to the donor's phone. It is how the communities in our network tell their own story, and how supporters find and back them directly.
Our Jamii is not only for the groups already inside our formal registration programme. Any community group — a chama, a youth collective, a self-help group — can register with CECF and start a page.
Register your group
Who we work with
The communities we serve
CECF's registration and referral work reaches a wide range of groups. These are the communities we most often support.
MSMEs & grassroots groups
Chamas, table-banking groups, cooperatives and small enterprises moving from informal to formally recognised.
Women's groups
Women-led savings, trading and enterprise groups building financial independence together.
Youth groups & enterprises
Young people organising around skills, enterprise and community projects.
Gender & GBV support groups
Groups providing peer support, referral and advocacy around gender-based violence and gender equity.
Vulnerable & marginalised communities
Groups supporting members facing poverty, displacement or social exclusion, connected to the services they need.
Refugees & displaced persons
Refugee-led and host-community groups working toward recognition, livelihoods and belonging.
Persons with disabilities
Groups led by and for persons with disabilities, formalising to access services and opportunity on equal terms.
Older persons & elders
Elder-support and intergenerational groups — core to CECF's own mission alongside child welfare.
Why it matters
Care doesn't stop at registration
CECF's own name comes from the two groups our founders started with: children and elders. Every community on this list — MSMEs, women's and youth groups, refugees, persons with disabilities — is that same idea applied wider: people organising to look after each other, formally recognised so the systems around them can help too.
- A public Our Jamii page for every registered group
- Direct, receipted support from anyone, anywhere
- Referral into banking, government and donor services
One idea, many communities
Whether it's a chama in Kajiado or a youth collective in Kisumu, an Our Jamii page looks the same everywhere: a name, a purpose, and a direct line to whoever wants to help.
See the impact. Support a community.
Every community we work with gets an Our Jamii page of their own. Browse them to see the impact they are having, or register your group with CECF to begin the formalisation journey.