HOPE worldwide Kenya support at-risk youth in Kenya, training them to be mentors and leaders in their communities.
MYOH (Mukuru Youth Oasis of Hope) is a group of 30 young people between 14 to 25 years old. The group is made of young people who were involved in crime in the larger Mukuru slums. Most of them were also abusing drugs and involved in risky sexual behaviour. They have seen many of their friends die from mob justice or a policeman’s bullet. They were always held as suspects and hated by the community.
Following increased insecurity within the Mukuru slums, the HOPE worldwide Kenya team in Mukuru actively reached out to this group. It was with this background that the MYOH group was formed.
HOPE worldwide Kenya facilitated psychosocial support for the youth and community forums with the village elders and local administration. They have also been trained as peer educators and are able to reach their peers with RH and behaviour change messages. They were trained in entrepreneurship which equips them with skills to start and manage their own income generating activities.
They have also been trained in leadership. The group has started garbage collection in Mukuru and has been awarded a piece of land by the local administration where they have constructed a store and office. The store is used to select recyclable material which they sell.
Today these young people are a resource to the community and have become role models for other youth in the village. HOPE worldwide Kenya will continue to mentor this group and provide more employment opportunities.
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