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Youth Workforce Development

What We’re Learning in Positive Youth Development

This blog discusses what we’re learning in positive youth development. USAID’s Positive Youth Development Learning Agenda should be used as a guiding source for this evaluation.
April 4, 2022
IREX March Walking the Talk
Youth Workforce Development

Walking the Talk: Findings and Practices to Embrace in Fostering Youth Ownership of Research & Knowledge Production

The desk review found that youth are becoming increasingly relevant actors in research and knowledge production across sectors.
April 12, 2022
Photo: One of KCEO’s female mentors. She is paraplegic and is able to relate well with other women with disabilities.
Disability Inclusive Education
January 3, 2020

Serving Marginalized Populations in Kenya Through Entrepreneurship Training and Advocacy

Kibera is the largest slum in Africa and KCEO’s Young Mothers Incubation Program has served over 200 women with disabilities, empowering them to be active in their communities through entrepreneurship and advocacy.
One of Safeplan Uganda’s beneficiaries makes chapati and sells it. She's been using the business and communication skills she's learned through Safeplan Uganda to improve her business and income.
Youth Workforce Development
November 13, 2019

Lessons Learned for Effective Youth-Led Programming from Kenya and Uganda

While some youth report struggling in leadership roles due to a perceived lack of experience, SafePlan Uganda and KCEO are showing that programs led by youth are successful not in spite of their leadership but because of it.
Class two pupil at Ganjoni Primary School.
Information and Communication Technology
April 16, 2019

Adapting eBooks for Accessibility Across Open Publishing Platforms in Africa

Deaf children represent a majority of all children with disabilities in Kenya. These children are not only an underserved group of students, but also a distinct language minority that uses Kenyan Sign Language as their native language.
USAID in Kenya
Reading & Literacy
December 19, 2018

Serving as System Steward: Lessons from Early Grade Learning in Kenya

In 2010, Kenya faced a severe learning challenge. While nationally education received significant funding (23.7 percent of the government expenditure), the majority of funds went to salaries.