Project Report
| Oct 5, 2017
Profiling of women groups
By Kennedy Akunda | Project Assistant
Our Program Director, program officer and community volunteers embarked on a mission to undertake more detailed profling and evaluation of women groups involved in the project already and those that we anticipate will be involved.
The exrcise was conducted within several villages in Kakamega county, with at least 10 diffrent women groups profiled. Our organization team got to understand what the women think about the project so far, what can be improved, what they want to set up as businesses, what kind of training they need to receive and what kind of resources they need.
The general views from the groups was that they need more capacity building training and specific technical skills that relates to the business they would wish to set up partly from savings they make from not buying kerosene, after getting Mwangabora solar lamps.
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Jun 30, 2017
Recyling of old kerosene lanterns
By Kennedy Akunda | Admin Assistant
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Old kerosene lanterns to be recyled into Mwangabor
For the past 2 months, women in Malava and neighbouring areas have been collected old kerosene lanterns and brining them to our youth center. Our project aims at equipping youths who droppe dout of school due to poverty, with adequate vocational and business skills in order for them to use our resource center to make various items to earn a living. In return, we train the youths on various green technologies. They also learn how to make our Mwangabora solar lamps which will then be distributed to women via groups within the area.
We aim to make the Mwangabora lamps from as much recycled materials as possible. hence, we encourage the local community to collect materials which can be used in making the solar lamps. The women have been collecting the old kerosene lanterns, which will now be recycled into new Mwangabora solar lamps by the youths. Once this is completed, the women will receive the solar lamps.
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Feb 2, 2017
Project awareness among youths conducted
By Gilbert | Programs Director
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Youths involved in project awareness
In late 2016 and January 2017, our staff and volunteers conducted project awareness activities among youths in Kakamega in western Kenya. During the exercise, informational materials concerning the project were distributed to about 200 youths. The youths were then asked to form community groups. SDFA expects to work with youth groups from the area who will receive training from our resource center.
In addition, we have started preparaion for establishing resource center in the acquired space The piece of land is located in Kakoi village in Kakamega county. Construction of a borehole has also commenced on the piece of land.
The next phase will be to start construction of the first buliding that will house the tools and equipment.
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