CIFF

We strive for a world in which every child can flourish in a healthy, fair and safe environment, now and in the future.

CIFF is the world’s largest independent philanthropy that focuses specifically on improving children’s lives through investing in and empowering ideas that address urgent, intersecting crises and systemic failures. Founded by Sir Christopher Hohn in 2002, CIFF works with a range of partners, supporting bold ideas to solve seemingly intractable problem across the areas of climate, health and nutrition, SRHR and girls’ education and skilling.

CIFF’s Africa vision - “a future where girls have the health, economic opportunity and agency to contribute to a thriving and self- determining Africa” - is core to our longstanding and extensive presence on the continent.

Our investments are structured around the three strategic pillars of our Africa Strategy:

• Girl Capital: Ensuring all girls have equal rights and opportunities to achieve their full potential and can contribute towards resilient and prosperous societies.
• Resilient Communities: Ensuring children are born healthy and can thrive in communities and health systems that are equipped to prepare for, respond to and recover from political, economic and climate shocks.
• For Africa by Africa: Catalysing African giving and government funding to create sustainable solutions to improve the lives of children and deliver Africa's development agenda - as well as building ownership by communities and governments.