USAID Kijana Nahodha Project
Enhancing empowerment, productivity, and community engagement of youth — targeting out-of-school individuals aged 15-25, unemployed youth, those with disabilities, young mothers, and residents of urban, peri-urban, and rural districts, over a four-year duration.
Consortium-based partnership with T-Mark Tanzania as prime partner, Care International as sub-partner, and training institutions as implementing partners; Don Bosco serves as the TVET provider.
Implementing partners: DB VTC Oysterbay, JSO, PDO. Project Manager: Cassian Bilikwija. Key team members: Oswald Manyerere, Juliana Mamboya, Diana Mwita, Gideon Rwegerera.
As of July 2024, the project was implementing its second trainee batch and extends to 2026. Challenges noted included delays and communication issues.
Implementing partners: DB VTC Oysterbay, JSO, PDO. Project Manager: Cassian Bilikwija. Key team members: Oswald Manyerere, Juliana Mamboya, Diana Mwita, Gideon Rwegerera.
As of July 2024, the project was implementing its second trainee batch and extends to 2026. Challenges noted included delays and communication issues.
Objectives
Increase access to educational, life, and entrepreneurial skills.
Mental health, physical, and psychosocial support.
Youth-led organizations.
Mental health, physical, and psychosocial support.
Youth-led organizations.
Results
107 youth trained. Teacher training-of-trainers completed. Second cohort enrollment targeting 100 students by September 2024.