Daughters Of Kenya has found out that 1 in every 3 girls in Mukuru kwa Njenga slums of Nairobi are young mothers solely shouldering the heavy burden of raising their children without any economic means to do so. The project seeks to use the self help group concept to improve their livelihoods through training on life skills and micro enterprises; soap making, cake baking, mat making and bead work for 150 out of school girls and women.
We uncovered that many girls and young mothers in the informal settlements of Nairobi are at risk of sexual exploitation. Due to high poverty levels, they are unable to proceed with education and end up engaging in prostitution and other degrading endeavors to make ends meet. In fact, Daughters of Kenya has found out that 1 in every 3 girls in Mukuru kwa Njenga slums are young mothers solely shouldering the heavy burden of raising their children without any economic means to do so.
This proposal seeks to build on the gains achieved so far which include a functional structure/ community group with elaborate community outreach potential. Through this initiative, Daughters of Kenya therefore, endeavors to roll out a couple of activities aimed at empowering these vulnerable girls and young women. The project will be implemented with the aim to address two main gaps: psycho-social support and access to gainful economic livelihood through adopting various models.
The long term impact of the project is to enhance the development of the skills of the vulnerable girls and young mothers so that they may be empowered to manage their own well being and the stability of their households, to participate in the social and economic development of their communities, and to live in the shelter of hope.
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
