Equip Manyatta is a charity organization created to assist a community-based organization in Western Kenya, the Manyatta Youth Resource Center (MYRC). The officers of Equip Manyatta were instrumental in assisting community members in Kisumu to establish the MYRC. The mission of the MYRC is to increase opportunities for youth living in the slums of Manyatta, Kisumu to participate in sporting activities and the performing arts, to provide health education, support school attendance, and to build the organization into a self sustaining enterprise. Manyatta is the largest slum in Western Kenya and is home to over 60,000 people living in an area of five square miles with little in the way of u... read more Equip Manyatta is a charity organization created to assist a community-based organization in Western Kenya, the Manyatta Youth Resource Center (MYRC). The officers of Equip Manyatta were instrumental in assisting community members in Kisumu to establish the MYRC. The mission of the MYRC is to increase opportunities for youth living in the slums of Manyatta, Kisumu to participate in sporting activities and the performing arts, to provide health education, support school attendance, and to build the organization into a self sustaining enterprise. Manyatta is the largest slum in Western Kenya and is home to over 60,000 people living in an area of five square miles with little in the way of urban infrastructure. Kisumu is the third largest city in Kenya, with roughly 578,000 people. Other goals include providing activities that engage youth in positive endeavors to avoid delinquency, encouraging school attendance and fostering peaceful forms of communication to avoid the sort of vicious violence experienced in the area after the last national election.
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By Keevan Labowitz | Co-Chair
The Manyatta Youth Resource Centre (MYRC), with principal funding from Equip Manyatta, is unusual in that it offers a broad array of programs. These include arts, performance,... Read the full report ›By Keevan Labowitz | Co-Chair
The Training of Trainers workshop, hosted by Manyatta Youth Resource Centre, helped educate MYRC leaders and others about how to use our sports and arts programs to more effectively interact with... Read the full report ›By Keevan Labowitz | Co-Chair
As usual, it has been a busy time at the Manyatta Youth Resource Centre (MYRC) in Kisumu, the third largest city in Kenya, on the shores of Lake Victoria. Outreach and networking... Read the full report ›
