By Enouce Ndeche | Principle
Annual community stake holders forum was held at VAP’s Youth Empowerment centre, ‘A place of pride for the youth and the community’.The forum brought together various stake holders including:parents,teachers,participants,partners and like-minded organizations to discuss about the challenges and successes of VAP’s programs in the community.The meeting is normally used as a ‘feedback lab’ where VAP collects,suggestions and opinions from the community and participants that helps to shape up the programs and the organization to effectively serve community needs.Additionally,the forum provides a platform for VAP’s partners to integrate and hear directly from the participants and members of the community about the challenges and impact of various programs implemented by VAP. “ My daughter’s self esteem and confidence was very low but when she joined VAP Employment and Entrepreneurship initiative,she has developed self esteem and confidence.The business skills she got enabled her to open her own business and VAP is walking with her through her business journey to make sure she stabilizes.” Jane’s mother.
FIFA Foundation Visits VAP\
As part of the global visits to projects funded by FIFA foundation,VAP was privileged to host FIFA foundation manager who paid a courtesy call to VAP’s offices and projects in the communities.The manager who visited in the month of October was taken to various community program sites witnessing first hand programs that are funded by FIFA foundation which includes;SKILLZ Kenya, a football based HIV education awareness program conducted in communities and schools using football based games that are integrated with HIV key messages.Later on she joined a group of young girls and young mothers, graduates of SKILLZ Kenya who are taking part in business trainings and are ready to venture into employment and entrepreneurship space of the world.The trip was wrapped up by visiting VAP’s offices to learn more about the organization,program challenges and successes amongst other things and moreover plans by FIFA foundation to provide capacity building opportunities to organizations that are using football to empower the lives of young people.
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