Kenya Slum Youth Development Organization

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The Kenya Slum Youths Development Organization (KESYDO)
 KESYDO aims at ensuring that the youths living in slums play their role, alongside adults, in the development of the country. The organization is to promote youth participation in community and civic affairs and to ensure that youth programmes are youth centered through realistic guidelines and strategies.

The organization's aim is to promote youth participation in community and civic affairs and to ensure that youth programmes are youth centered through realistic guidelines and strategies.


KESYDO PRIORITY YOUTH GROUPS

  1. Disabled
  2. Street youths
  3. HIV+
  4. Female youths and young mothers
  5. Unemployed
  6. Orphans and less privilege youths
  7. youths on drugs

 

FACTS on Youth

  • Youths  age bracket; 13 to 35 years

  • Constitute majority of the Nairobi’s population

  • Forms the largest source of human resource in Kenya

But

  • The Youth have remained on the periphery of the country’s affairs and development policies

  • No recognition on their status 

  • Youth have been excluded from designing, planning and implementing programmes and policies that affect them at both community and national level.

  • Many of these youths in the slums who are productive and energetic remain unemployed, continue to suffer from poor health, and lack sufficient support.

  • Youth with special needs are getting zero attention.

 KESYDO works  alongside the Ministry of Youths Affairs and other stakeholders to improving and better the welfare of youths in the slums. We recognize that youths in slums are the key resource that can be tapped for the benefit of the whole country. Thus, KESYDO endeavors to address issues affecting youths in the slums by providing broad based strategies to give them meaningful opportunities to reach their maximum potential.