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This is a vocational training program in rural western Kenya that will provide training to approximately 410 individual that includes 320 women and youth and 90 men. Half of the training will be provided in the first year of the project and the other half in the second year. The TRF Area of Focus is Community & Economic Empowerment. All of the women and youth will attend entrepreneurship training and all of the trainees will receive gender based sexual violence, sexual health, and non-violent conflict prevention and resolution training. The women and youths after the initial entrepreneurship training and based on their particular interests and assessment of their skills, will be placed in different training employment tracks. Those interested in finding employment with established businesses are placed into job skills and financial literacy training that includes training in branding, employment readiness, CV development, customer service, interview skills, and other financial and soft skills. Some of the beneficiaries will be linked with local businesses in entry level positions.
There will be digital skills training in Migori that will allow those completing the training to obtain jobs requiring media and digital skills.
Some will obtain training and receive support setting up and managing microbusinesses.
There will be on-the-job training in Homabay in tailoring, dress making, and cosmetology. After completing training, there will be support to find jobs in established businesses or to start small businesses. In-kind support or sewing machines will be provided to some to start home businesses.
There will also be available training and assistance in the area of micro-farming. Part of this training will include composting utilizing black fly larvae to create compost to enrich soil as commercial fertilizer is quite expensive and not infrequently totally inadequate. In addition, black fly larvae can be used for fish and chicken feed.
Benefits provided to beneficiaries after completing the training include assistance with job placement and access to savings clubs that provide sustainable financial services to the rural poor.
Young women in this area of Kenya are at significant risk for HIV/AIDS because for many the only source of income is being a fishmonger where they exchange sex for fish. The incidence of HIV/AIDS in this area of Kenya is 25%. Providing them with vocational skills will decrease their risk of being exposed to and becoming infected with the HIV virus.
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