Introducing the 2026 FKF summer intern cohort
Three purpose-driven students join the foundation for the summer — in public relations, product engineering and software engineering.
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FKF Impact News
Articles & impact news
Recognition, scholarships, panels and milestones — moments from the foundation's work activating the next generation of global leaders.
From purpose to presence: FKF at the ForbesBLK Summit 2025
Every step is about turning purpose into impact — the foundation returns to the ForbesBLK Summit to connect, learn and keep building.
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Unfiltered 2.0: Say It. Ask It. Shift It.
FKF joins young leaders in Sierra Leone for a day of dialogue with the Minister of Youth Affairs and the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Youth Affairs.
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Standing with a sister organisation: Girls Ready to Lead
FKF shows its support at the launch of the I.B. Taylor-Kamara Foundation's initiative for young women's leadership.
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Join us in creating change: our $10,000 operating campaign
Three years of empowering youth and families through education, leadership and community programmes — and a campaign to sustain the next chapter.
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Living the mission: representing FKF at the 2025 ECOSOC Youth Forum
A first time at the UN, and a first time as a youth delegate — an FKF delegate on the African regional session, the digital boom, and the room that African delegates built for themselves.
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We're not waiting for an invitation to the table — we're building new ones
On youth representation in parliaments, gender-based violence in conflict zones, and “integration literacy” in the age of AI — reflections from the 2025 ECOSOC Youth Forum.
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From job seekers to job creators: highlights from the ECOSOC Youth Forum 2025
On SDG 8, Africa's demographic future and AI as a workforce opportunity — an FKF delegate reports from the United Nations Headquarters.
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FKF awards scholarships to four outstanding pupils at Prince of Wales School
At the school's annual prize-giving ceremony in Freetown, two junior and two senior secondary pupils receive certificates, sashes and financial support.
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Presentation of the FKF Volunteer of the Year Award 2024
An economist, student leader and gender-equality advocate at 21 — Catherine embodies the spirit of leadership and social change that the award exists to recognise.
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An FKF delegate at the 79th session of the UN General Assembly High-Level Week
On diplomacy as a tool for change: facilitating negotiations, drafting resolutions on education and technology, and the patience that international cooperation demands.
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Francis Koroma joins the Forbes Nonprofit Council
Our founder is accepted into an invitation-only community of chief executives in successful nonprofit organizations — a recognition of the foundation's growing impact.
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At the ForbesBLK Summit 2024: a celebration of Black excellence
Francis Koroma joins leaders and changemakers advancing opportunity at the ForbesBLK Summit.
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An invitation from the Department of State to the Secretary's MSI Conference
Francis Koroma is invited to join Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken for the second annual Minority Serving Institutions Conference in Washington.
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Volunteer highlight: Prince Kevin Ogoo wins the MEA Business Award 2024
An FKF volunteer becomes the youngest winner of the United Kingdom MEA Business Award, for his agricultural startup Kev World International.
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Networking, collaboration and learning: an FKF delegate at the ECOSOC Youth Forum 2024
Representing the foundation at the United Nations offered a multifaceted experience — and positioned FKF as a voice in the global discourse on youth.
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FKF Speaker Series: Anti-Corruption Commissioner Hon. Francis Ben Kaifala
Sierra Leone's Anti-Corruption Commissioner on why corruption drives violence, why the fight is winnable, and why it has to start with trust.
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Celebrating the Outstanding Prince Walean Scholars of 2024
At the 99th Annual Speech Day and Prize-Giving Ceremony, the foundation recognises five finalists at Prince of Wales School — and two winners.
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First anniversary: school supplies and mentorship for Annie Walsh Memorial School
The foundation marks a year of work by visiting Annie Walsh Memorial Secondary School with academic materials and mentorship for its students.
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Our first year: the FKF Annual Report 2023
Six scholarships, three programmes and a year of work across Freetown and New York — the foundation's founding year.
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International Youth Day in Harlem: two foundations, one donation drive
On 12 August 2023, FKF volunteers joined the Cedar et Gazelle Foundation to bring essential supplies to an underserved neighbourhood in Harlem.
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The 98th Annual Speech Day: FKF's first scholarships at Prince of Wales School
On 30 March 2023, the foundation awarded top-performing pupils at the Prince of Wales Annual Speech Day and Prize-Giving Ceremony.
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Water for health and cooperation: youth priorities at the ECOSOC Youth Forum
Francis Koroma joins a UN panel on clean water and sanitation (SDG 6) at the 2023 ECOSOC Youth Forum in New York.
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A guest speaker at the Reimagining My Community program
At Borough of Manhattan Community College, Francis shares the story and mission behind the foundation.
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A college fair to widen access to higher education
College fairs help boost the enrollment of young men and women of color into a diverse range of colleges.
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Celebrating six years of the UN Youth Envoy
Francis joins the Office of the Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth to honor six years of service.
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