Welcome to the CIFORD Kenya website. CIFORD stands for Community Initiatives for Rural Development. We are a community based organization registered with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Social services in 2002 and based in Maua Town. Our current activities are based in Igembe and Tigania districts of the Eastern Province of Kenya.

CIFORD was formed to work with the rural marginalized communities especially the women in Meru region. After a rapid rural appraisal the organization felt the need to work with the poor of the poorest in an effort to lift their living standards and self esteem. We focused on working with the organized women groups and mixed groups to enable reach more people at a time and also to use the peer pressure in the skills uptake. Having realized the role played by women in nation building we focused on empowering the women in the food production for the family consumption as surplus is sold to supplement the family income. The gardens established have really improved the house hold food security and nutrition of children especially the children under five and people living with HIV/AIDS.

We have seen families with malnourished children improve their healthy by use of their own farm products from the improved farming methods; this has further improved the self esteem of the poor farmers.

We thank our funding partners and friends for their great support and encouragement to CIFORD Kenya. This has gone far in changing a life of people in Meru north. Blessings to all of you.