GEM Project Launches Microfranchise Businesses
On 30th April 2012, YIKE in conjunction with International Rescue Committee (IRC) launched the Girls Empowerment through Micro-franchising. The ceremony was a success during which the lead girls i.e four groups of three girls each were given the business start up materials which include umbrellas, trolleys, smoked sausages, hot pots, jiko and a frying pan, charcoal, cooking oil and potatoes. At the event, the girls participating were branded by Kenchic which provided the t-shirts, overall coats, caps and stickers.
The event was held at YIKEs offices and in attendance were representatives of IRC, the Project Director of YIKE and YIKE staff. The girls are expected to start their businesses as soon as possible. We wish the girls success in their businesses.
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Programs Director
Stephen Samba
ssamba@yike.org
Program Officers & Coordinators
Benedict Kariuki – benedict@yike.org
Jacinta Atieno – jacinta@yike.org
Lilian Mugeci - mugeci@yike.org
Lorna Makokha -makokha@yike.org
Naomi Muniu - naomi.muniu@yike.org
Finance and Administration
David Kisabuli – david.kisabuli@yike.org
Anthony Gatonga Mugo – anthony@yike.org
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GEM Project Launches Microfranchise Businesses
On 30th April 2012, YIKE in conjunction with International Rescue Committee (IRC) launched the Girls Empowerment through Micro-franchising. The ceremony was a success during which the lead girls i.e four groups of three girls each were given the business start up materials which include umbrellas, trolleys, smoked sausages, hot pots, jiko and a frying pan, charcoal, cooking oil and potatoes. At the event, the girls participating were branded by Kenchic which provided the t-shirts, overall coats, caps and stickers.
The event was held at YIKEs offices and in attendance were representatives of IRC, the Project Director of YIKE and YIKE staff. The girls are expected to start their businesses as soon as possible. We wish the girls success in their businesses.
Health
This program comprises of
1.1HIV/AIDS & BCC
This project focuses on prevention of new HIV infections among the youth in the urban informal settlements and rural areas and influencing positive behavior change. This is accomplished through four main activities namely Community Outreach Events (COE), Peer Education Training (PET), Sporting Activities and Most at Risk Population (MARPS). Under the Community Outreach Events, YIKE works with community based organizations and Youth Groups that are involved in the arts. This includes theater, traditional dances and acrobats. these are used as a tool to communicate the different issues on HIV/AIDS.
The Peer Education Training also uses the organized groups in the community to mobilize community members between the ages of 15-35 for sensitization on issues about HIV/AIDS. A total of 25 youth are trained for 5 days in reproductive health issues.
Under the sporting activities, most of the youth in the informal settlements are associated with football games. This therefore is the most used game for this purpose. It offers edutainment for the for the youth participating in the activities. At the site there are usually free V.C.T services, S.T.I and cancer screening.
The MARPS project targets that that are most vulnerable to HIV/AIDS infection. they are the bar maids and bar tenders, long distance truck drivers and the sex workers. However, being in the informal settlements of Nairobi, most focus is placed on the bar maids/tenders. They are made to understand the risks involved in their line 0f duties in line with HIV/AIDS infections.
1.2Reproductive health
This is a project that focuses on the reproductive health needs of the young women/young mothers and adolescents in the urban informal settlements and rural areas.
1.3Malaria & TB
The Malaria and TB project focuses on awareness creation on how to prevent Malaria and TB. The project uses partners with like-minded organizations to enhance the distribution and uptake of Malaria and TB preventive and treatment services.
1.4WASH Project
Focuses on water, sanitation and hygiene projects like installation of toilets, water points etc. The construction of such projects in the informal settlements of Nairobi that in turn helps to reduce the chances for breakout of any diseases.
1.5Drug & Substance abuse
The project focuses on awareness creation to the youth in urban informal settlements and rural areas in Kenya on the effects of drug and substance abuse.
Contact person: Naomi Muniu
Email: naomi.muniu@yike.org
Livelihood
This program has the following projects;
2.1 Training and Research
The program deal with building skills in group leadership, Team building, Financial management, Business Skills and personal leadership. The program also provided business grants as well as business advisory and consultancy services. All this is aimed at ensuring that the youth can be self reliant.
Contact person: Lona Makokha
Email: makokha@yike.org
2.2 Youth Desk
Offers micro-loans to both group and individual youth businesses, offer business development and business consultancy. The Youth Desk also works on legitimizing youth businesses into becoming legal and formal enterprises.
Contact person:Benedict Kariuki
Email: benedict@yike.org
2.3 Micro Franchising
Girl Empowerment Micro franchising is a project funded by the International Rescue Committee and the two implementing agencies are Youth Initiatives Kenya (YIKE) and Family Health Options (FHOK). Micro franchising is the replication of business concepts from an established enterprise at a small scale level. GEM is a girl based project which aims to empower girls aged 17-19 years living in the informal settlements of Nairobi specifically Huruma, Mathare, Eastleigh and Korogocho. This project seeks to empower girls both economically (Income Generating Activities) and socially (life skills). It is a two year project that seeks to reach out and train 800 lead girls who bring alone 2 buddies each in their businesses ensuring that 2400 girls reached by the end of the project. The two franchises YIKE is working with for this project are Kenchic and Darling.
Contact person: Lillian Mugeci
mugeci@yike.org
2.4 Recycling Project
This is plastic recycling project which will be run in a cooperative model where groups and individuals will be contributing plastic waste for recycling. The project aims at utilizing the economies of scale to earn more income for the youth.
Contact person: Jacinta Atieno
Email: jacinta@yike.org
Governance
The projects under this program will basically focus on the following areas
3.1 Advocacy & Lobbying
Here community dialogues/forums with the community around, events are carried out to raise awareness of the target community/group on various issues.Previously, we have held events on small arms in relation with the Kenya Action Network on Small Arms.
3.2 Gender
Promotion of gender dimensions in all related youth developmental issues. Gender sensitive issues like eductaion for the girl child are tackled and with funds, girls ahve been allocated with bursaries for their high school education.
3.3 Civic Education
Consciousness-raising of the general public on identified topical issues
3.4 Research
This project will seek to promote a culture of evidence-based intervention in project implementation. Research is carried out to identify the needs of the target groups of YIKE, how best to handle these needs and the impact of YIKE programs on the livelihood of people.
Contact Person: Lona Makokha
Email: makokha@yike.org
Information Communication Technology
The projects under this will include the following;
4.1 Resource Centre (Library, cyber café, games)
Offers recreational and edu-tainment facilities to youth and the community. The cyber cafe offers internet and typesetting services to the youth and community
4.2 ICT Training
The ICT training is done in partnership with Nairobits. The E-Learning training is open to youth in the community who are not under YIKE program. The training takes three months after which the students are awarded certificates upon graduation.
4.3 Communication/Branding
This is very important for the successful working of an organization. It is required at various levels and aspects in an organization both internally and externally. Communication ensures proper dissemination of information through our website, newsletters and also branding to create an identity for our organization.
Contact person: John Mbungi
Email: john@yike.org
Support
Account Name : Youth Initiative Kenya
Account Number : 6697390014
Bank Name : Commercial Bank Of Africa
Branch : Mama Ngina
About us
Youth Initiatives-Kenya (YIKE), a local Kenyan Non-Governmental Organization, works with thousands of youth in nearly 100 youth groups in slums throughout Nairobi. YIKE strives to create a future where youth are able to facilitate their own development. YIKE works in program areas of Youth Entrepreneurship and Microfinance, Youth Community Capacity Building and Mentorship, Grassroots community mobilization, Technology and Library Services, Lobbying, and Research. Continue Reading
Our Events
KANSA (Kenya Action Network On Small Arms)
The Week of Action on small arms will be held from 11th-17th June 2012. YIKE in conjunction with other organizations is set to hold community awareness event on the issue of small arms and weapons. The Kenya Action Network on Small Arms is the l;leading body for implementing the activities that will be held during this week. plans for the specific activities will be relayed to you as they are decided upon. For suggestions on what activities should be done to create awareness on the dangers of small arms and weapons, please contact
Lona Makokha makokha@yike.org
Jacinta Atieno jacinta@yike.org
YOUTH DESK
On Thursday, 10th May 2012, the youth Desk will hold a training session at NCCK Huruma Hall on book keeping. The event will start at 8.30 in the morning. The youth groups and individuals with loans from the Youth Desk are the target of this training. A total of 60 youth are expected to attend the event. The guest speakers will be members of OTB Africa, a company that deals with the increasing of opportunities for both individuals and organizations by providing software solutions via the mobile platform.
TRAINING AND RESEARCH
The training and research program is set to kick off in the next one week with a total number of 30 youth groups to be trained. the first year groups will be trained in basic leadership development, financial management, peace building, team cohesion and team development. The second year groups will be trained on business management while the third years will be trained on entrepreneurship.
Resource Center
The interviews for course one 3 rd selection were contacted on dates 30/06/2011 at YIKE and we managed to interview 52 students, where by the number of ( boys : girls ) was 32:20 but only 30 students were chosen to enroll,15:15.
during the same interview, we did a survey with the interviewees to find out how they came to know about YIKE and it was found out that they got the knowledge from friends and relatives who have benefited from the program during previous intakes.
HIV and AIDS Program
This month, the HIV/AIDS program will be busy. Starting on 9th - 22nd May, 2012, the program will conduct 13 Peer Education trainings, 59 Community Outreach Events, 3 sporting activities for the community at large and 9 more community outreach events specifically for the MARPS project. these events will take place in Kariobangi, Dandora and Mukuru areas of Nairobi. During this period, a total of 325 peer education trainers will be trained.
Events
YIKE Calender Events
17/05/2012
Youth Desk training on Personal Finance at Hurumas NCCK Hall from 8.30 am. The targeted groups are those with Youth Desk loans but others are also invited.
Our Programs
The Youth Desk
Deals with three things-Business financing through Micro-loans. The loans are for both Group businesses as well as individual youth group member businesses. So far the Desk has financed 15 individual and youth group businesses.
Business Advisory and Consultancy Services.
Provision of Market linkages for Youth Products and Services.
The Project is run by Benedict Kariuki and Felix Maina.
HIV/AIDS PROJECT
The HIV/AIDS Project aims to;
Contribute to the reduction of new HIV infections by increasing awareness about prevention and care in Nairobi’s informal settlements.
Enhance the promotion of behavior change among the youth through behavior change communication in Nairobi’s informal settlements.
This is achieved via the following activities;
Community outreach events for the youth through the use of participatory youth friendly media. This includes drama, songs and dance, and puppetry to covey messages on HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment.
Peer education training through refresher training on HIV/AIDS for 290 peer educators
Youth sports events through conducting 12 thematic sports events as part of youth to youth peer activities.
This project is run by
Naomi Muniu, Dorcas Nyaben and Steven Odera.
Training and Research
Congratulations to the Nairobits/YIKE course one intake two on their graduation to be held on 17th June 2011.
Capacity Building: YIKE through its training seeks to build livelihood skills targeting the IGA (Income Generating
Activities)/small businesses which these groups have. The training also focuses on developing leadership as well
building team cohesion which is necessary for the youth group survival. There are also small grants which YIKE
has been offering towards sustaining and supporting the expansion of the groups’ IGA’s. This is usually given in
form of equipments or materials.
Lobbying and Advocacy: Since YIKE operates as an umbrella body of youth groups, from time to time YIKE has
taken up and lobbied for the adoption of youth friendly policies to be adopted by both the Local and Central
Governments.
The Youth Information Center
The youth information center was established out of the need from the youth to have a place where they can get information. The center gives all youth under YIKE and the community access to internet and other computer services. The youth are also offered basic ICT training, library services and recreational activities like board games and edutainment facilities.In addition, youth under YIKE are allowed twenty minutes free daily to surf the internet and do their mails.
Business Challenge Project
The Business Challenge Project is a competition. YIKE youth groups shall compete for a business grant and one year mentorship relationship with a Dutch financial company.
Participants shall submit their rough business idea. They shall then be thoroughly trained in three stages on business plan writing
This shall culminate in a grand business presentation day where candidates shall present and defend their plans before a jury/panel of experienced business people.
The three top plans shall win a grant and mentorship relationship.
All other candidates will come out of the process with a well-defined business plan – which will increase their chances for sponsorship.
Gender and governance programme.
With our partner UN Women, YIKE seeks to increase the number of youth entering and completing secondary schools. We seek to achieve this by making available information on existing opportunities so that the youths can choose who to approach in case they need fees. Government supported Secondary Education Bursary Fund (SEBF) is such an important opportunity for girls and boys in schools. The study therefore seeks to understand the degree in which gender responsive approaches have been used in the disbursement of funds in Embakasi, Kasarani and Starehe constituencies in Nairobi and to develop mechanisms and tools that would strengthen the application of gender responsive approach in all constituencies in Kenya. The project will involve a tracer study of those who have applied for bursary funds over the past 5 years and will involve participatory analyses with various stakeholders.
Finance and Administration Department
The objective of Finance & Administration Department is to assist YIKE in achieving specific objectives by establishing and maintaining an efficient financial management and administration system.
