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Youth Entrepreneurship & Career Guidance (YECG)/CCID 2010/2011 lumni is an organization that proposes to undertake a project of ?Capacity Building on Entrepreneurship & Business Training of Grassroots Women & Youth?. The purpose of this proposal is to seek funding of the project. YECG has observed the continued failure of small scale enterprises in their initial startup stages especially those run by Women and Youth. YECG aims at addressing the escalating impact of poverty, violence against women, diseases, crimes and drug abuse by youths. The YECG team is of view that there is a correlation between poverty and violence and crime and drugs abuse and diseases and desire to combat the five evils. This proposal is our response towards empowering women and youth as a way of fostering a future of smart entrepreneurs. It is hoped that ?increasing the proportion of women and youth who understand, share knowledge and can apply the learned skills is the best way of securing their economic well-being?. The project will take place within three regions of Rift Valley, Kenya South, Central and North. These areas will constitute the geographical scope of our operations in the five (5) counties of Kericho, Nakuru, Bomet, Narok and Nandi. Kericho County is the first and within South Rift region shall be used for pre-testing the training tools. The county shares a lot in common with other four and will be a beneficiary in the post funding project replication. The project will undertake its activities for a period of one year which is set to commence by August 1st 2014 and to terminate by July 30th 2015 The YECG team will comprise of 11 professional and competent members who will make sure that the project is aligned to achieve its goals and objectives within the timeframe and budget. Teamwork and accountability will be the driving force for the project team so that the project will maintain a high standard quality of provision of its services, effective use of the resources and achievement of outcomes that promote sustainability of entrepreneurship. The project team will ensure that the goals and objectives of this initiative are achieved through monitoring and evaluation of the activities, financial resources, strategies, risks, impacts and outcomes. Thus a work plan or implementation plan and a monitoring plan have been developed for this purpose. The risks involved will either be avoided, mitigated or their impacts minimized. The budget of the project will require a total of $25,000.00. This budget factors in the cost of holding workshops for capacity building in the 5 counties, transportation and accommodation of the project team, venue arrangements, evaluation process, project documentation requirements, supplies for the workshop, development of training materials and communication. Several measures will be undertaken to ensure that the project is sustainable in those 5 counties even after the project period comes to termination. This will be done by developing a group of peer trainers for each county who will continue the vision under the patronage of the county Development officers and our Region member supervision