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How it all went down at the East Africa Regional Youth Summit in Kigali, Rwanda

1STIt was a pleasure as Violet Mbiti Foundation to have been selected to represent Kenya at the East Africa Regional Youth Summit that took place in Kigali,Rwanda.

FRIDA.jpgFrida Wendo,chief organizer of the summit made the opening remarks

Special thanks to Honourables Joyce Kamene Women Representative Machakos County and Honourable Patrick Makau Member of Parliament Mavoko Constituency for sponsoring the trip of the delegates from Machakos County.We also got to interact and engage with Members of County Assembly Machakos County in Kenya who also attended the summit.

HONMembers County Assembly,Machakos County,Kenya

Topics discussed were on Entrepreneurship,Gender Equity and Equality,Synergy among youth in the East African states and Governance.It was an honour for our Executive Director, Violet Mbiti,to have been invited to the panel that discussed Economic Inclusion in the East Africa region.

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Panelists who discussed Youth Economic Inclusion in the East African Community member states.

A report of the summit was prepared and was shared with the East Africa Community secretariat headquartered in Tanzania.

Sights of what went down

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Why Violet Mbiti Foundation,Vijana Network International Limited and Youth County Projects Kenya exists

Everything we do, we believe in challenging the status quo, we believe in thinking differently. The way we challenge the status quo is by offering quality projects and opportunities that will empower socially, economically and politically the lives of 16 million unemployed youth from the 47 counties in Kenya that we believe we will reach. Want to partner with us?

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By youthcountyprojects

This platform seeks to fill the knowledge and awareness gap regarding youth projects being implemented in the 47 counties in Kenya.
It also highlights projects focusing on youth being implemented in 47 counties in Kenya by the national government,county governments,donor agencies,civil society organisations (CSOs),Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs),Donor Agencies,Community Based Organisations (CBOs),private sector and individuals and their impact to the communities.
The projects lie within the social pillar,economic pillar and political pillar as enshrined in Vision 2030.
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