THE
Young People Inspiring Change
UwezoJournal
A Publication of
Vol. 1, Issue 2/3 August 2012
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT . ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE . YOUTH EMPOWERMENT . PEACE BUILDING
Making the Difference Editor’s Note
It‟s my pleasure to welcome you to this second issue of our tri-annual newsletter “The Uwezo Journal.” This edition aims to keep you abreast with some of the things that have happened and activities we have engaged in since our last issue in April. It also gives a few lessons we have learnt from certain initiatives. Aside from that we also introduce some projects that may define our future engagements. I sincerely hope you enjoy reading through and that you may find it useful, even if it‟s just a little. Happy reading!
Nelson Opany Founder & Chairman
Inside this Issue: Disaster Risk Reduction Shared Learning Camp by CAPSAY
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Rio+20: RAUKA Campaign
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World Oceans Day 2012
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Arise or Perish: Call to Action
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Kwale Girls: Young Changemakers
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Fuel Briquette Making
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Operation Mwolyo Out –OMO
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Messengers of Peace
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UYDP Executive Committee
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Participants of the Kenya Commercial Bank sponsored Financial Education training organized by Uwezo Youth Development Project pose for a photo upon completion of the training in Mombasa On Saturday, 21st April two Kenya Commercial Bank staff from the Town Centre Branch in Mombasa, Mrs. Everlyne Nzioki and Mrs. Fauzia Hamida attended a meeting of UYDP at the field office in Shimanzi. This was a follow up visit since two weeks earlier UYDP had opened two bank accounts with them. The Tuungane Investments Account and the Tuungane Current Account are group accounts offered by the bank. During the meeting, Mrs. Nzioki shed more light on the features and benefits of the group accounts. They also presented to the group members other personal banking products that the bank also offers. Mrs. Fauzia on the other hand talked briefly about the Agent Banking service called “KCB Mtaani.” After the talk, nine group members who initially had no accounts with the bank were able to open them on the spot. This visit by the KCB staff marked the beginning of a new partnership between UYDP and the bank. And just to prove this, KCB upon the request of UYDP facilitated a two-day Financial Education training. The training was organized by UYDP on 17th and
18th May at the Kenya Ports Authority Sea Scouts and Girl Guides hall in Shimanzi, Mombasa. Among other things, the training covered: Personal and group banking, loans and investments, financial record keeping and reporting, fundraising and resource mobilization and financial discipline. A total of thirty participants drawn from UYDP, other youth and women groups. The chief guest at the training was Mrs. Josphine Kanyua Kimani, the Public Relations Manager, Coast region. The knowledge and skills on the ability to efficiently manage finances continues to be quite a big challenge especially to the young people. This situation is further worsened by the high rates of unemployment and the ever increasing cost of living. As UYDP we believe such trainings are very critical in the fight against poverty. With support from partners like Kenya Commercial Bank there is a lot of promise for what the partnership portends for both parties in making the difference in people‟s lives.
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