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Governance & Influence Building
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Governance & Influence Building

This program focuses on marginalized youth who operate on the margins of the society.

About Program

This program focuses on marginalized youth who operate on the margins of the society. The program does this by directly addressing their issues and supporting them to play a greater role in influencing decisions on issues that affect them. Topical issues include violent extremism, reproductive health and HIV/AIDS, tapping creative talents and youth participation in the governance process.

Projects

Completed
Cool Farming Training & Resource Center

Cool Farming Training & Resource Center

A youth-focused training farm targeting 100 youth per year drawn from the whole of East Africa. The aim is to equip the young people with...

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Completed
Cool Farming

Cool Farming

This project is being implemented in Northern Uganda, Central Kenya and Western Kenya. The project targets 3,000 youths (half of them bei...

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Completed
Youth Investment Enterprises

Youth Investment Enterprises

This project is organised into Two levels namely Entrepreneurship Training which results in young people developing concrete business pla...

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Impact areasIntegrated Intervention Impact Areas

1

Identity Strengthening

Personal Growth including Social-Life Skills Development, behavior and attitude change.

2

Equipping

Formal and Informal Skills and Knowledge Acquisition,

3

Livelihood Strengthening

Economic Empowerment through decent and sustainable income generation.

4

Influencing Building

Participation in decision making and lobbying and advocating for a favorable environment for youth and grassroots communities.