Teaching Youths English Literacy Through Football

Vijana Amani Pamoja (VAP) has partnered with  Kenya National Library Services(KNLS) to support its Education program.VAP participants will get access to visit Kenya National Library Services and enjoy a serene educational environment while doing their educational revision and studies.VAP will has developed additional football based activities that are aligned to Science Technology,English,Mathematics and Arts (STEAM).Through local partnership with various automobile garages,and electrical workshops,participants will as well have opportunity to visit the workshops and have a hands-on experience of these courses and studies.KNLS partnership is geared towards boosting the English literacy levels for the participants willing to persue English whereas the partnership with local garages and electrical workshop are geared towards boosting the Technology,Engineering and science levels of the participants who want to persue the courses. “ We are happy to partner with Vijana Amani Pamoja to a generation that is fully literate and have an improved English literacy levels.” Said KNLS Director.

As an organization that listens to its community and values its successes on its model which is community led from ‘Bottom to Top’ approach, a stakeholders meeting was held in the month of January. The one day meeting brought together program participants, parents, guardians, community coaches, community members. Like-minded organizations and government representatives as well as children office departments to talk about community challenges and successes. The meeting created a platform and a safe space for attendees to share, network and learn from each other as VAP collected views and opinions that would help reshape and redesign its programs.

 A Visit from Kenya Community Development Foundation

As part of their grassroot commitment to community development and capacity building of its partners, Kenya Community Development Foundation (KCDF) paid a courtesy call to VAP’s offices. Accompanied with representatives from I&M bank foundation, the key purpose of the meeting was to learn, share knowledge, challenges and successes of the ongoing projects especially with the covid-19 fog. The meeting wrapped up with a ground visit to the participants’ areas of operations.KCDF supports communities to initiate and drive their development agenda by harnessing and growing their resources as well as securing their basic rights and services from duty bearers. It works with poor, marginalized and disadvantaged communities as its primary target group and looks to provide them support in uplifting themselves from their situation through their own efforts.