Uwezo Kwa Vijana (enable the Youth) is an exciting initiative with a focus on entrepreneurship & employability for youth in Kenya in partnership with Rising Tide Foundation.
COVID19 has magnified the need for tangible HOPE for a generation who have been starved of it in a population where 75% are under the age of 35 & where unemployment for youth aged 15-24 is over 60%.
As a Youth-centric organisation with a passion to unlock the amazing potential in young people, this project in Kenya will see us impact 18,000 urban poor youth (16-35) over the next 4 years.
In the first year our team on the ground will invest in 1800 youth through our Leadership for Life programme & empower them with transferable life leadership skills around mindset & behaviour change, financial literacy & entrepreneurship. Alongside this we will provide mentoring, coaching & team leadership skills
In Year 2 - 4, 40 of those who demonstrate that not only have they got the programme, but the programme has got them will then be selected and trained as trainers to share these life changing principles with a further 16,200 youth in the urban poor communities where they live.
Our audacious goals are:
70% start income generating businesses / 30% double their income to at least minimum wage
40% linked with other programmes or companies who can help them grow their business
5% to hire at least 1 other person