UKV+ Endline Report

In 2024–25, 4,237 young people across Nairobi and Nakuru took part in the UKV+ programme. The numbers reflect what the programme was built to do: employment more than doubled, savings grew fivefold, and nearly every participant who set a goal followed through. Across 91 classes in the urban informal settlements, young people learnt good financial management; they changed how they see themselves, their futures, and what’s possible.

This is what a year of real change looks like.

4,237

Participants reached

83%

Retention rate

91

Classes delivered

3×

Community ripple effect

Economic participation

Employment rate

27%→58%

Median monthly income

KES 3,500→KES 9,000

Business owners employing others

2.5%→20%

Dependency on family/friends

29%→19%

Financial behaviour

Saving regularly

36%→85%

Monthly savings (avg)

KES 240→KES 1,200

Budgeting consistently

7.4%→~80%

SACCO / group savings

19%→35%

Resilience & wellbeing

Healthy coping strategies

32%→71%

Life satisfaction score

2.17→5.11

Better able to handle shocks

82%

Emotional distress coping

11.3%→1.4%

Mindset & agency

Goal abandonment rate

0.72%

Cited gains in self-belief

~1 in 5

Top goal: business planning

68%

Identity shifts reported

Across all sites

“I knew I can write my own story.”

— FGD participant, Nairobi informal settlement