26 Results Are Tagged With "Kenya"

The Post-Election violence of 2007-2008 still hangs as a shadow across Kenya. A combination of resentment amongst the Youth at zero employment opportunity, very limited access to post-Primary Education as well as Civic Education made them easy tools in the hands of manipulative individuals. The Electorate is still confused by the ?politics of personalities? instead of seeing its Leaders addressing issues through the ?politics of policies?. Global Youth Forum a Community Based Organization in collaboration with the Youth Across the Country came into being to find practical self-help solutions to Local Youth issues. The proposed Tournament outlined in this Request, entitled ? Killing 3 birds with 1 stone ? seeks to replicate across each County a Sports activity already proven and refined in Mombasa County. The outcome of the Tournament is three-fold; firstly to bring Youth from all cultures together through a common interest with incentives provided to achieve a target by peaceful means and to maintain peaceful co-existence. Secondly, the funds generated, supported by key Stakeholders, shall be applied to developing a Youth Football Academy (to provide training and relevant football skills to the talented young stars from all Counties in Kenya) in the County that wins the Competition and thirdly to promote YALI programme on Understanding Elections and Civic Responsibilities. It is envisaged that a momentum to repeat the Competition in the future can be achieved, thereby developing further Football Academies across the Country..

To implement a Menstrual Health Management project by collaborating with local schools and stakeholders by June 2016 by providing access to reusable sanitary pads and underwear to school girls in rural and urban slum communities in Kenya, providing access to materials and techniques for making soaps to be used in washing reusable sanitary pads and underwear to vulnerable women in rural Kenya. the project also seeks to provide reproductive health education to low income and vulnerable women and girls in rural Kenya, partner with local schools and community leaders to promote reproductive health to the parents to understand the menstruation and health management for girls and create employment for women in soap making for the sanitary kits and also make soaps that they can sell for their own sustainability

The strategic plan of the organization is to empower the local people with knowledge to harness their potential in order to raise their living standards and to make them healthy and environmentally conscious.

URBAN THINKERS CAMPUS is an initiative of the UN Habitat aimed to collect view from different urban actors to deliberate and develope a joint document towards the New Urban Agenda. Polycom Development Project has been selected among 28 other Urban Thinkers Campuses across the globe. This is the only grassroot led campus attacting alot of interest. September 1st to 3rd September 2015.