Hand in Hand Eastern Africa (HiH EA) is an NGO registered in Kenya and currently operating in Kenya (23 counties) and Rwanda and plans to open up operations in Tanzania in 2016. HiH EA is also a member of the Hand in Hand Global Network.
Hand in Hand Eastern Africa Branches in Kenya : Thika, Kasarani, Bomet, Busia ,Emali, Eldama Ravine, Kitengela, Gatundu, Machakos, Kiambu, Limuru, Oloitoktok, Tala, Nakuru, Homa Bay,Nyahururu, Kabarnet, Kawangware and Embu.
Their Vision is to alleviate poverty through enterprise and job creation. Their focus is on the financially excluded rural and peri urban population. Their main intervention is entrepreneurship training through self-help groups with the ultimate goal being creating capacity in such communities to be able to identify business potential within the group members’ environment and which they can translate into jobs or self-employment.
HiH EA is currently working with over 130,000 members spread across her areas of operations.
Website:http://www.handinhand-ea.org
The Peace & Prosperity through Job creation Project
The project seeks to prevent young people from ending up in destructive settings & practices by giving them hope and concrete means to build sustainable income by unlocking the door to the job market for the youths and raising the status of entrepreneurship through; mentorship and entrepreneurship training, inspiring the youths who are still in school to work hard and strive for a better life and partner with schools to drive an advocacy programme- “Putting Youth Employment on the Agenda” with the aim of integrating entrepreneurship and vocational training in the schools’ curriculum.
The project is funded by the Swedish Postcode Lottery while Hand in Hand Eastern Africa (HiH EA) is the implementing organization supported by Hand in Hand Sweden.
Target groups
Youth aged 12-25 years in primary & secondary schools, colleges, universities, youth polytechnics, out of school youths, school leavers, in churches, mosques, streets and other places/institutions where youths are. The youths will be guided to form Youth Clubs where HiH EA trainers will interact with them. The project targets 7,000 youths by the end of the 3 years.
Do you want to get involved :If you are a youth and you have formed a self help group,visit the nearest branch so as to be incorporated into the project.
Project Period
The project will run for 3 years-October 2015 to September 2018.
Innovative Business Contests (Hand in Hand Youth Award)
HiH EA will organize an annual Hand in Hand Youth Award National contest where the youths under the project will showcase innovative businesses. The winners will be sponsored to showcase their business ideas at the annual fair of “Ung Foretagsamhet” in Stockholm, Sweden. Priority will be given to innovations in IT & mobile technology- this does not however exclude innovative business ideas in other areas/fields.
Partners/collaborators
HiH EA will work with a host of stakeholders and collaborators involved in youth empowerment- government agencies, schools, colleges, universities, other non-governmental organizations, companies and programmes that focus on the youth.
Expected outputs of the project
• Enhanced tolerance between youths of different ethnic & religious backgrounds.
• Entrepreneurship & vocational skills gained by the youth
• Access to microloans from mobile & online micro credit platforms
• Starting/strengthening of 2,800 sustainable enterprises
• Creation of 4,000 jobs
• Youths who are inspired & motivated to become entrepreneurs
• A strong communication platform through the “Putting youth employment on the agenda” programme.
• Exposure of talented young entrepreneurs in media outlets.
A move by schools towards introduction of entrepreneurship in curriculums
About Youth County Projects Kenya and the Founder
Violet Mbiti is the founder of the blog “Youth County Projects Kenya” that seeks to fill the knowledge and awareness gap regarding youth projects
being implemented by Non-Governmental Organizations, Civil Society Organizations, Private Sector, National Government, County Governments, donors and individuals in the 47 counties in Kenya.
This platform also seeks to motivate youth to initiate projects in their respective communities to achieve Vision 2030 within the social,economic and political pillars.
Violet Mbiti holds a Masters Degree in Project Management from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology .She is also an alumni of the Political Leadership and Governance Programme offered by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung which is funded by the German Government.
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