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Annual Report 2024

Africa's Voices Foundation (AVF) uses interactive radio, SMS and social media to give African citizens a structured voice in decisions that affect them. Founded at Cambridge University in 2014, their 2024 annual report — marking 10 years of operation — covers 15,000+ participants, 72,000+ messages and 10 active projects across Kenya and Somalia. Work spans climate resilience, youth peacebuilding, girls' education and governance accountability, with citizen insights shared directly with governments and development partners.

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Interactive radio, SMS engagement, social media dialogue, IVR (Interactive Voice Recording), citizen data analysis, governance accountability programming, climate resilience engagement, youth dialogue, girls' education, peacebuilding

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 600,000+ citizens engaged across Africa since founding in 2014; 10th anniversary year
Key Metric 2 15,000+ participants and 72,000+ messages received across 10 projects in 2024
Key Metric 3 13 staff; 10 partners; active in Kenya, Somalia and across East Africa

Key Outcomes

  • 63%+ of participants in Kenya climate project reported more active engagement in climate action; county governments integrated citizen feedback into local resilience planning
  • Youth voices amplified at Somalia's Jilka Maanta Festival; citizen-generated insights informing peacebuilding and social cohesion policy
  • 10th anniversary marked with Cambridge University event; sister organisation Africa's Voices Amplified (AV) registered in Kenya to sustain future programming

Geography

International

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
8,033 children, adults and families affected by a disappearance helped in 2022/23
Key Metric 2
35,064 TextSafe® messages sent to missing children and adults; 2,960 Suicide Risk TextSafe® messages to high-risk individuals
Key Metric 3
40% of Lost Contact tracing cases successfully resolved; 1,000+ multi-agency professionals trained
30th anniversary year: over 10 years and £10 million raised by players of People's Postcode Lottery for Missing People's services
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
CHF 3 million+ total programme funding raised in 2025 — a record — with CHF 1.3 million redeployed directly to YMCA National Movements
Key Metric 2
2.5 million people reached through digital skilling initiatives via HP partnership across 30 YMCA partners since 2021
Key Metric 3
37,000 people directly reached per Community Wellbeing project (1.3 million indirectly); 85 new Change Agents enrolled from 44 countries
5,000 jobs to be created under Igniting Youth Futures (USD 5.2 million Accenture/Macquarie-funded); 750+ young people already reached at year-end
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
95 individual young people in under-16s groups; 85 in over-16s groups; 42 in Transformers (trans/non-binary); 114 young people supported through 385 one-to-one sessions
Key Metric 2
149 parents and carers supported across 44 online and in-person groups; 3,500+ participants in training and workshops across 97 sessions
Key Metric 3
96% of young people said Allsorts groups had been of help; 75% said coming to Allsorts improved their overall wellbeing
Won Investing in Children's Member of the Year Award for extensive youth voice integration; 100% of Summer Programme participants enjoyed activities
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
33,600+ people directly supported; 52,000+ indirectly supported (2025)
Key Metric 2
£19.6M raised in fundraising income, up £3.4M on 2024
Key Metric 3
352 socially isolated people supported by community outreach (up 11%)
97% of caseworking enquiries received tailored intervention; 95% beneficiary satisfaction