Youth
Mentorship, life skills, leadership and small-business support for young people who are out of school or out of work, including peace activities they run themselves.
Kasarani, Nairobi · Established 2016
Peace-Keepers Organization of Kenya
Building peace. Empowering people. Transforming communities.
We are a community organization working with young people, women and families on peace, skills and the ordinary problems that show up where we are asked to help.
The office is in Kasarani. Recent activities have been in Mathare, Korogocho and Mwiki. Since 2016 the wider project work has reached 10 counties.
- Young people reached
- 1,400+
- Women’s groups
- 100+
- Counties
- 10
- Working since
- 2016
What the organization does
All programsThe work sits in six areas. Most of it is training, mentorship and follow-up with a group that already exists in the community.
Women
Help for women’s groups on money, how the group is run, and income work that can actually be sustained.
Peace
Community meetings on conflict, usually with local leaders, before a dispute becomes the only thing people talk about.
Families and children
Family sessions after a separation, psychosocial support, and mentorship for children who have very little around them.
From the field
Read the activities
Mathare
Youth forum on drug and substance abuse
A sensitization forum with facilitators, local leaders and peer mentors. 122 young people already using drugs were counselled and linked to follow-up.
Korogocho
Sessions with children who had little support
Mentorship and psychosocial support for children in Korogocho, including children living on the street, and a link to people who can protect them.
Mwiki
Family values training, then psychosocial support
Parents and caregivers from separated families worked through responsibility, communication and co-parenting. A second set of sessions dealt with the stress that comes with a split.
If you want to contribute
Donations are paid through Equity Bank Paybill 247247, account 1180271315530. Keep the M-PESA message. The office can confirm it if you call.