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A group of people, including foundation staff and community members, standing next to an AFSF banner at an outdoor Summer Gala event.
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A promotional banner for the AFSF Summer Gala Event displayed at an outdoor event.
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A large group of community members, volunteers, and staff posing together in a church hall next to the African Family Support Foundation banner.
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Community women wearing face masks stand in a socially-distanced line, each holding a bag of rice received from the foundation.
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Winner of 2022 Best African Family Support NPO

African Family Support Foundation is a non-profit organisation providing empowerment and support to families in need. It was established after the founder, Stella Okeke, gave grants to 90 widows and people in need across 7 states in Nigeria, helping them start their own businesses. The feedback was encouraging and she replicated this in other African countries and supported the work through fundraising.

We now work with various agencies including Local Authority Social Services, the African Embassy Welfare Section and other networking organisations. We also source funds, raise awareness and engage on programmes and projects that focus on problems which have serious health, social and economic significance for Africans in the UK and Africa. We also specialise in family breakdowns and fostering.

African Solutions to African Related Problems

AFSF was invited by one of the Local Authorities we work with on 3 February 2022 to give a presentation to over 50 social workers (children services) to explain what we do, and how it benefits African families in need. If you are interested in a free 20-30 minute presentation from us regarding the merits of our approach, we are free to give one starting from May, pending your invitation.

You can request our referral form if you choose to commission us for works listed on the UK page.

We are a one stop shop solution to resolve African family issues in the UK by using unique methods and techniques grounded in African experiences, knowledge and skills to create a sustainable impact on the lives of our services users.

Please find below the TV broadcast video, which shows the recent awareness programme AFSF ran in Africa in collaboration with our grassroots partner Leadership Foundation for African Girl Child and Women.

Stakeholders Event on Domestic Violence

We held an event for Stakeholders on Domestic Violence. The aim was to create awareness on the issue of Domestic Violence in Ethnic Minorities in the UK. The event was held on 29th March 2019. Presentations were made by professionals and victims of domestic violence — see programme attached. During the interactive session there were contributions from the attendees, Representative from African High Commissions and Madam Mayor Khan (the Mayor of Croydon). The feedback received from 98% of the audience stated that the event was informative, they were inspired, motivated and knowledge gained will be used and appreciated. Future plan is to train Anti - DV champions who will work with community groups.

Our Patron is Chief Dr Paddy (Patrick) Ediomi Davies, a retired legendary Broadcaster and International Lawyer. Pictures for the Domestic Abuse Champion Course, which took place on 22nd April 2019, can be found on our gallery.

June 2019 Community Outreach Programme

AFSF June 2019 domestic violence outreach programme in the community in the Royal Borough of Greenwich - London. We also leafleted and outreached in general golden square Woolwich, the Woolwich mosque, St Peter's Church, Queen Elizabeth hospital and community gatherings and events.

We had productive interactive sessions on both outreach in the community and the DV conference which was held at the town hall. We also identified other areas to work on in the next project. We had speakers, keynote speaker Cllr Dominic Mbang. Chief Dr Patrick Davies and Dr Chi Davies headed the interactive session and our lovely lead youth ambassador Dr Sonia Ike who did presentation on the impact of DV on the children from young person's perceptive.

We had feedback from DV champions on their encounters and people sceptical of police involvement in their family disputes. Champion Ibrahim who is also an imam gave feedback on his outreach and said the topic was not an attractive one to his hard to reach community but managed to get the message across.

AFSF have also received numerous contacts from people needing our service. We have repaired some families who were on the brink of breaking up. We are still carrying on with our family mediation and awareness programme and hope to run another project on domestic violence in the near future, funding permits. AFSF could not have run this DV project without the help from national lottery funding.

AFSF have a fundraising event on the 25th of August 2019 for our sponsored empowerment programme, as we look forward to our next project. See our banner or leaflet for details.

How We Help

Our Work in Africa

We are products of the diverse and rich African cultural process which means we can see the needs of the people we help from our own perspective and our members all have experiences and skills in health, legal, pastoral, social and family matters. We can help with a range of matters including bereavement, domestic abuse, welfare, family disputes, empowerment, human rights, disability, health and social care provision within the compass and paradigm of African culture.

Empowerment

Empowerment is at the heart of everything that we do. We help to establish African women, and particularly widows and widowers, with their own small businesses so they can support themselves and their families.

We continue to empower more people so they can form cooperatives and support each other by paying back loans without interest, allowing this money to be used to set up other needy business starters.

Knowledge, Support & Awareness

Our years of experience mean that we have dealt with a wide range of issues and problems by finding practical ways to help. We have the right skills and wide knowledge of African cultures to ensure that our support is tailored and relevant. We believe that there is a considerable gap in service provision to African families especially in the UK who are facing a range of issues and we use our unique skills, knowledge and experiences to address this gap.

Bereavement & Mediation

We provide advice and guidance to widows, widowers and any individual or family that has been bereaved. Our knowledge of African family life and cultural practices means that we understand exactly what people are going through – and the best ways to offer help and guidance. We also provide specialist mediation assistance to help African families settle disputes amicably and to the satisfaction of all.

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We have an ongoing requirement for financial support to continue and expand our work so we always welcome donations to help with our activities. For security, our bank details are only provided in a verified PDF download:

African Family Support Foundation

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African Family Support Foundation

Royal Arsenal Gatehouse

Beresford Square

London

England

SE18 6AR

Company Number: 10755231