Partnership · 2025
Programs · Community
Community Service
Scholar- and volunteer-led projects that give back to the neighbourhoods that shaped them — from Harlem to Freetown.
About the programme
Scholar-led projects that give back to the communities we serve.
The foundation's programmes don't end at the classroom. Community service takes members, volunteers and scholars into their own neighbourhoods, with engagements organised across different parts of the world, built around the Sustainable Development Goals.
On International Youth Day 2023, FKF volunteers joined the Cedar et Gazelle Foundation for a donation drive in an underserved neighbourhood in Harlem, organised around alleviating poverty, ending hunger and reducing inequalities. To mark its first anniversary, the foundation took academic materials and mentorship to Annie Walsh Memorial Secondary School in Freetown — the pattern for the school visits and supply drives it has run since.
The work is also about showing up for others: standing with sister organisations like the I.B. Taylor-Kamara Foundation at the launch of Girls Ready to Lead, and recognising the volunteers who carry the mission, through the annual Volunteer of the Year award.
- Volunteers worldwide
- 300
- Countries reached
- 8
- The SDGs the Harlem drive was built around
- 1, 2 & 10
Inside the programme
What the programme offers
Donation drives
Essential supplies for people in vulnerable situations, run alongside partner organisations.
School supply drives
Academic materials delivered to partner schools, removing an immediate obstacle to learning.
Scholar-led projects
Scholars and mentees lead advocacy and volunteering, turning ideas into workable solutions.
Volunteer recognition
The Volunteer of the Year award, for the people whose work carries the mission furthest.
From the record
Stories from the programme
Explore further
Other foundation programs
- EducationScholarship ProgrammeTuition, books and meals for high-achieving students who face financial barriers.
- LeadershipMentorship NetworkOne-to-one guidance through the leap from school to university and beyond.
- Global engagementSpeaker SeriesLeaders from every field sharing their stories, live and on record, with the next generation.
- SDGs 2030Youth EmpowermentEquipping young people to lead on the issues that shape their future.
- CareersInternshipsPaid and unpaid summer placements in real roles, running the foundation's own work.
Help a young person take the next step
Take part in the work, or support it with a gift. Every contribution moves a student forward.