Ubunifu Youth Project
Ubunifu Youth Project
Ubunifu Youth project is being implemented in seven areas in Turkana namely; Kainuk, Katilu, Kalengmrok, Lokichar, Nabuin, Lodwar and Lorugum. This covers Turkana South and parts of Central and Loima Constituencies.
The primary target group is the excluded out of school youths aged between 18-25 years, both boys and girls. The project is targeting an utmost total of 100 youths per area, all 700 in total.
The project objective is to empower excluded out – of – school youths so that they have more choices and opportunities for participating & and benefiting from development progress in Turkana County.
Contribution to the strategic plan
Ubunifu youth project has seen growing unity and working together of pastors in Turkana County, thus breaking the earlier barriers where operations were done based on founder missionary lines, Swedish or Norwegian. The project is also supporting the churches economically through payment of rents and hall hire during activities. Besides that, the project is raising awareness on responsible utilization of natural resources by discouraging young people to destroying trees to make charcoal. The project views itself as a stepping stone to reaching out to souls and thus it does not only grant hope socioeconomically but uses the opportunity to share the word of God with the beneficiaries or any other stakeholders that it comes in contact with.
Focus is on three thematic areas
- Civil society where the project employs the strategy of lobbying the state actors and advocating for the inclusion of excluded out of school youths in development programs. Here the project partners with other non-state actors to achieve results.
- Economic Empowerment, where the project has youths trained in livelihood oriented/ economic life skills that enhance their ability to self-reliance through self-employment. The youths are mobilized into groups which are expected to make them more visible to other actors, strengthen their power to self-advocate and enhance synergy amongst themselves. These units are the grassroot economic growth hubs through, which young people are expected to realize dignified livelihoods. The project envisions facilitating the groups with suitable capital assets to set them off economically.
- Quality Education; A literate mind is open to new ideas and to progressive change. The project expects beneficiaries will improve their lives through the apprenticeship trainings which will greatly add to their resilience to economic challenges. Besides this, the project has of last year agreed with the adult literacy department that they will work through the project formed groups to provide adult literacy.
A facilitator during a workshop supervising
A facilitator during a workshop supervising group work at Kainuk FPFK resource center. September 2022
A project participant displaying her hand work
A-project participant-displaying-her-hand-work.-July-2022-Lodwar
A project participant making a presentation
A project participant making a presentation from her group work on life skills. The facilitator recording the presentation.
Advisory Chair Lucas
Advisory Chair Lucas Ukuwam during an a workshop at Kainuk September 2022
Digni team arriving with Vigdis at Kispsongo
Digni team arriving with Vigdis at Kispsongo Kitale February 2022
Facilitator in talent nurturing during a session
Facilitator in talent nurturing during a session at Lorugum December 2022
Liliane from Digni during a partners meeting in Karen
Liliane from Digni during a partners meeting in Karen nairobi November 2022
Lorugum youth
Lorugum youth during a talent show session December 2022
Miriam the MERL officer with a laptop during a MTR
Miriam the MERL officer with a laptop during a MTR meeting at Kapolikine
Nigel of NPM making a presentation to the NPM
Nigel of NPM making a presentation to the NPM Partners meeting as Vigdis looks on at fpfk guest house Nairobi December 2022
One of project participants joyfully demonstrating
One of project participants joyfully demonstrating how to use sewing machine to the mid term review team. July 2023, Lodwar
One of the project participants who is now employed
One of the project participants who is now employed after having completed her apprenticeship in dress making at Kainuk. June July 2022
Part of Kapolikine dress making apprenticeship
Part of Kapolikine dress making apprenticeship class attending a mid term review meeting . Project assistant Meshack in a striped Tshirt assisting in signing of the attendance sheet
Part of the Ubunifu exchange learning team
Part of the Ubunifu exchange learning team at Kakuma sounds kitchen gardens. December 2022
Project lead receiving support of sanitary towels
Project lead receiving support of sanitary towels and soap to help girls manage to sit through trainings without disruption. Nakuru June 2022.Support donated by Happy Go Ltd Nakuru.
SMC and Miriam (MERL) listening to the ward administrator
SMC and Miriam (MERL) listening to the ward administrator as he appreciated the project for its input in empowering excluded youths. July 2022 during mid term review.
SMC checking on the dress making progress
SMC checking on the dress making progress for an apprenticeship team in session at Lodwar. July 2022
SMC during a meeting with advisory in Lodwar
SMC during a meeting with advisory in Lodwar November 2022
SMC experiencing first hand skills from one of the project participan
SMC experiencing first hand skills from one of the project participants at Lodwar taking dress making. July 2022
SMC with the ward administrator Nabuin
SMC with the ward administrator Nabuin July 2022. during the MTR
Some of the volunteer youths from Norway
Some of the volunteer youths from Norway on a learning trip in Turkana September 2022
Ubunifu during an exchange learning trip
Ubunifu during an exchange learning trip to Kakuma sounds. Where they learnt value addition skills.
The native bead making group of project participants in Kalengmrok
The native bead making group of project participants in Kalengmrok. Explaining to MERL officer their challenges which border on SGBV.
Vivian standing in red helping with interpretation
Vivian standing in red helping with interpretation during a session with native project participants. July 2022, at Kalemgmrok.