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Economic Development > Livelihood support for youth and women in slums (#4813)
SummaryThe project imparts business management skills to 900 women and 300 youth; provides credit to start business to 150 youth and 450 women in slums Nairobi slums through a revolving fund.
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The project addresses the high rates of unemployment and lack of livelihood support among youth and women in the urban slums of Pumwani, Mukuru and Kibera in Nairobi by offering skills in business management and access to credit to start small businesses. This we do to help reduce unemployment and poverty among the youth in the slums. Where there is no poverty, there is access to education, health services and crimes are reduced.
Provide training on enterprise development and record keeping to existing business people to improve management and enhance expansion therefore increasing income levels. availing creditl for business start up as an alternative source of livelihood.
Total Funding Received to Date: $825
This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Project Report" tab as they become available.
Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $825 . The original project funding goal was $75,000.
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
The project will provide alternative livelihood support to 1200 people living in nairobi slums to improve their standards of living through training in enterprise development and access to credit facilities, thus reducing poverty and unemployment.
'Thanks to SIDAREC, I now have a business that takes care of my needs and am able to fend for my siblings'
- Isaac Sagala, Beneficiary
George Onyango
P.O. BOX 9687-00300
NACICO Plaza, 3rd Flr, Landhies Road
Nairobi, Kenya 00300
Kenya
254202246961
Email:
Slums Information Development & Resource (SIDAREC)
P.O BOX 9687-00300
Nairobi,
Kenya
This project is located in Kenya and can also be found under Economic Development.
For more information about Kenya, read the Human Development Report on Kenya or the Wikipedia entry for Kenya.
This project was last updated on July 23, 2010.
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on February 24, 2010
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