ABOUT KYCo
About Us
We are
a youth – led organization advocating for positive mindset and attitude
transformation through intergenerational capacity development for effective
leadership.
We facilitate
meaningful engagement of youth linkages, especially those facing various forms
of vulnerabilities; The poverty triggered - Key and Vulnerable Population
(KVPs) and People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) and People Who Use Drugs (PWUD)
especially those affected or living with diseases such as HIV and AIDS, TB
raising their voice to be heard and accorded equal rights in the society.
Empower
Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW), to synergize their efforts and acquire
reliable knowledge on Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and access
reliable services, to make informed decisions in regard to their health and
rights supported by our Legal aid services department.
KYCo
participate in programs based on capacity building and facilitation into social
innovation activities for youth. Whilst, achieving the global sustainable
development goals (SDGs) to support implementation of national and International
development programs.
Planning of relevant youth programs according
to government policies and guidelines to reach out and impart knowledge and
skills to make informed decisions and influence positive change towards socio-cultural
and socio- economic development.
Our Focus
Targeted Population
Young
people are often seen as the future. We know we
are
more than the future, we are
the today. There are 1.8 billion young people in the world. Half the world is
under 30 and nine in ten of these young people live in developing countries.
This is the largest youth population there has ever been. (Restless Development). The number of youths in
the world is projected to grow by 7% to 1.3 billion by 2030, the target date
for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Tanzania is amongst developing countries with the
fastest growing economy, according to the 2002 Population and Housing
Census, the population of Tanzania mainland was 33.58 million people. The total
number of youths between 15 and 35 was 35% of the population. Among them 47.17% and 52.83%. However, youths still face challenges in sectors
such as Education, Unemployment, Culture,
Economic situation, Health i.e HIV
and Aids & Sexual Reproductive Health and Political
situation. These challenges and efforts that
have been done by the government itself have been outlined in the National
Youth Development Policy (2007).
We Believe in Youth
Youth remain vulnerable yet with the advancement in
science and technology in the recent generation they are
already solving the world’s greatest challenges. We
believe in the power of youth if they provided with a safe space to acquire
useful information and knowledge to become creative social innovators, so as
they make informed decisions about their socio- economic development and that
of their communities around them.
