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YOVI Trains Youth How to Access County Resources in Nyeri

A resource mobilization seminar was held from 17th to 19th May at PCEA Gitunduti church hall. Supported by Danish government through the Global South support program for civil society. Among the skills imparted included how to access county resources. Youths were drawn from boda boda riders groups, football clubs, youth groups, churches, women groups, volleyball […]

Business Mentorship

Research has also shown that most start up businesses do not last long enough beyond their first birthday. For this reason, Youth Ventures Initiatives has a mentorship program for young entrepreneurs who are coming up from its programs. The objective is to keep close to the young emerging entrepreneurs through value adding mentorship relationships with […]

YOVI Analysis of Youth Situation in Kenya

Kenya has the highest unemployment rate that mainly affects the youth, according to the United Nations. The 2017 Human Development Index (HDI) shows that unemployment rate in Kenya is equivalent to that of Rwanda and Ethiopia combined. This is a result of economic policies that have been pursued in Kenya and which have not been […]

Nation Media Article

By KINUTHIA MBURU  See article on Daily Nation. Four years ago, James Muchangi was just another casual labourer working at construction sites and tilling farms in Karatina for Sh250 a day. Although he had always wished to become an entrepreneur, he was convinced it would take him years to save enough money to start a […]

Health Education

Most youths in Kenya lack vital information, for example, they lack crucial information necessary for them to remain healthy. They lack information on the effects of alcohol abuse on their health. They also fail to visualize the link between alcohol abuse and HIV infections. Young people from as young as age13 are being reported to […]

Entreprenuership Programme

Most youth in Kenya have not been mobilized adequately into any development or economic activity. However, a closer observation reveal one of the biggest nightmares witnessed in the country as far as the youth problem is concerned. Youth problem is slowly becoming a ticking time-bomb. The youth are often idle, abuse alcohol and most get […]

Leadership and Life Skills

Youth in school and out of school in Kenya are lagging behind in terms of effective leadership and life skills. Most young people in Kenya get engaged in alcohol and drug abuse early in life, often gets recruited into violent extremism and is at increased risk of contracting HIV/AIDS The out of school youth is […]

Health Education

Most youths in Kenya lack vital information, for example, they lack crucial information necessary for them to remain healthy. Those in Central Kenya, for example, lack information on the effects of alcohol abuse on their health. They also fail to visualize the link between alcohol abuse and HIV infections. Young people from as young as […]

AOCs Commissioning

At a colourful ceremony held at Gitunduti PCEA church hall in Mathira East District on 11th August 2012, attended by District Youth Officer, Mathira East, a Representative from Aphia plus Kamili, staff of YOVI, parents and friends of AOCs, the AOCs were commissioned. They received certificates and T-shirts from Aphia Plus Kamili and YOVI. The […]

Lucy Gakuo

Lucy Gakuo was trained as an AOC by YOVI and also received the Generate your business idea (GYBI) training. She says: After the GYBI training, I got the idea to start a hair salon business. I realized this would be a good idea since there was no single salon at our shopping centre. I raised […]

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