YOU can help the YOUTH in Kenya by supporting WILK's Youth Entrepreneur Pilot Program

About WILK's Youth Entrepreneurship Pilot Program Campaign

Through work in all our programs—Clean Water, Livestock as a Business, and Hope for Widows—we saw that the youth in our area were in trouble.

The Kenyan education system is not preparing young people for life after school. We train many of their parents, and we see what they sacrifice for their children to be educated. Many students wind up back at home in rural areas with few prospects.

Parents are frustrated. They thought education would lead to good-paying office jobs. But living in rural areas, they have little exposure to the realities of the mainstream Kenyan economy—which has a high unemployment rate, even for those with college degrees.

WILK Co-Founder, Joseph Larasha, leading a meeting with young men earlier this year..

Without any access to capital, the youth feel disadvantaged.

We met with groups of youth leaders, holding four large meetings to hear what’s going well and what’s challenging them.

They shared their simple dream of a better future: they want to work, earn income, and start or join steady businesses. They want to use their talents and skills to support themselves, build a good life for their families, contribute to a strong community, and live true to themselves and their culture.

This is what the Youth Entrepreneurship Program could look like with your support:

• teaching the youth entrepreneurship skills
• providing microfinance to start small businesses
• build self-confidence through maximizing their talents
• friendly competition
• community service

The good news is that, in Kenya, the cost of entry to business is low. An idea and few hundred dollars is all you need to get started.

Young men gather and dream about their futures.

Our New Youth Entrepreneurship Program builds on the success of Hope for Widows.

With the success of our Hope for Widows program, we can imagine a modified version of microfinance, entrepreneurship, and life skills training for youth.

YOU can help us activate a key group of young people to start businesses so they can put their energy and ideas into action and uplift their whole community. This program will build on all we’ve done together in the past 18 years. Your donation today will equip young Kenyans with better futures.

Will you help us raise $40,000 by July 31 to kickstart Water is Life Kenya’s very own Youth Entrepreneur Program?

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