Avsi Kenya

The Private Sector and Innovative Energy Technologies Development in Kenya project implemented by AVSI Foundation addresses technological and technical gaps in the energy sector through a multi-sectorial approach. Some of the achievements include: ⏩ A 30kW hybrid mini-grid installed at St. Kizito Vocational Training Institute to promote green energy education ⏩ 351 young people between 16 and 25 years trained on renewable energy. ⏩ 3 public facilities supported with solar installation to promote affordable access to electricity ⏩ 1,300 children between 6 and 14 years old aided to access to electricity ⏩ 218 Small and Medium Enterprises facilitated for workshops and field experiences on renewable energy These milestones, key to the #ClimateChange actions, in #Nairobi and #Kwale counties, have been made possible with the financial support of Italian Agency for Development Cooperation - Nairobi Office and RES4Africa Foundation. #PeopleForDevelopment #RenewableEnergy

Campus Kenya 2024 has officially kicked off. 20 students from different parts of #Italy and #Switzerland have arrived in #Kenya to take part in an exchange program initiative. During the three-week mission, the young group will visit, interact, share and reflect with AVSI Foundation stakeholders and partners in 11 counties, immersing themselves in #AVSI daily activities to promote community development and child protection. Benvenuti! Welcome! Karibuni! #PeopleForDevelopment #CampusKenya2024

On #WorldYouthSkillsDay, AVSI Foundation shares the results of a study undertaken with St. Kizito Vocational Training Institute to elaborate its contribution towards job creation. St. Kizito schools provides quality skilling for decent jobs to 500 – 800 students yearly. The students, of 40 percent are female, have 150 percent higher likelihoods to be employed compared to other graduates. 56.5 percent of students are paid above the minimum wage hence the ability to gain financial autonomy which has contributed to 53.4 percent of them accessing the social health insurance. The institutions’ attention to individual development and structured collaboration with the private sector are some of the underlying scores towards effective youth development. Read more: https://shorturl.at/xeYyV #PeopleForDevelopment #VocationalTraining #YouthDevelopment

On #WorldYouthSkillsDay, AVSI Foundation shares the results of a study undertaken with St. Kizito Vocational Training Institute to elaborate its contribution towards job creation. St. Kizito schools provides quality skilling for decent jobs to 500 – 800 students yearly. The students, of 40 percent are female, have 150 percent higher likelihoods to be employed compared to other graduates. 56.5 percent of students are paid above the minimum wage hence the ability to gain financial autonomy which has contributed to 53.4 percent of them accessing the social health insurance. The institutions’ attention to individual development and structured collaboration with the private sector are some of the underlying scores towards effective youth development. Read more: https://shorturl.at/xeYyV #PeopleForDevelopment #VocationalTraining #YouthDevelopment

Silage harvest season is around the corner! Four years down the line, farmers are still recovering from the effect of covid-19 on the level of their production. Cost of production rose while market for the final products was not readily available. AVSI Foundation and E4Impact Entrepreneurship Center, Kenya, thanks to the support by Italian Agency for Development Cooperation - Nairobi Office distributed silage maize seeds at the onset of the rain season to small holder dairy farmers in March. The same farmers are now receiving silage bags and trainings on how to make silage thus minimizing fodder loses. Silage will help increase the potential yield of nutrients, decrease feed costs, lower harvest losses, and increase forage quality. This will in turn contribute to increased dairy production, income and eventual stability of families and communities. #PeopleForDevlopment #EconomicRecovery #Silage 

AVSI Foundation and #CowaNGO officially launched the #LastMileproject funded by #SupportInternational   The initiative, by working with 3,000 students and 100 trainers within 10 technical institutions in #Nairobi, aims to enhance quality of skilling and use of modernized equipment. The one-year project will support the institutions by: 👉 Equipping it with furniture, computers, projectors, fire extinguishers and water tanks 👉 Conducting capacity and management skilling for heads of training departments 👉 Enhancing soft life skills and entrepreneurship skills development for technical students 👉 Facilitating job placements and internships through private sector partnerships #LastMile #AVSI #PeopleForDevelopment

Emily, a mother of two boys, is a businesswoman in Nairobi area. She currently hawks liquid soap in her neighborhood. To be able to support her family, Emily tried many businesses including selling eggs, water melon, clothes, pampers but this business didn’t last for long. With the support of #USAID Tumikia project, Emily got the skill of soap making. Currently, she produces 20 – 50 liters of soap a week, and earns up to Ksh. 1,500 per week with which she is able to make sustain herself and her children. Thanks to funds from USAID and World Vision Kenya, #AVSI through the #USAIDTumikiaMtoto project contributes to better living standards of more than 10,000 individuals every year by: 👉 Participating in training on business management, entrepreneurship, financial management and life skills 👉 Building capacities on income generating activities such as value addition, kitchen gardening, baking skills 👉 Organizing socio-economic groups 👉 Boosting their businesses with start-up capital AVSI Foundation believes in promoting education, skills and awareness of individuals as a way of creating resilience within families and communities. #PeopleForDevelopment #AVSI

Pubblicata una call for proposal nel settore #emergenza in #Somalia! Tutti i dettagli sono disponibili qui: https://lnkd.in/d9SFEiA6 Agenzia Italiana per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo

AVSI Foundation works with the existing community structures to implement its projects as a way of ensuring sustainability of the proposed development activities. #AVSI has reached 51 agri-producer cooperatives through #ARABIKA and #EconomicRecovery projects in #Meru, #TharakaNithi, #Embu, #Nyeri, #Muranga, #Kiambu, Machakos and Bungoma Counties of #Kenya with an aim of: • Enhancing governance and management aspects to ensure gender balance and adoption of ICT • Promoting access to technical services to the farmers such as extension officers, community-based trainers and young service provides • Supporting farmers with recovery kits, smart agriculture skills and farm equipment to aid their practises • Channelling marketing strategies that improve the income of small holder farmers On #InternationalDayofCooperatives we recognize the ability of these institutions to foster socio-economic progress of the immediate communities. #PeopleForDevelopment #AVSI

AVSI Foundation is hosting a group of 18 Italian students from Cometa for a learning and sharing experience.   The students have interacted with communities by participating in home visits, baking and selling of end products to promote #AVSI local initiatives, cleaning the #environment and playing with school going children.   The interactions strengthen relations among participants, enable sharing of ideas and acquisition of new skills.   #PeopleForDevelopment #AVSI