Amount: $10.5 million
Countries: Kenya
Provide 23,000 economically disadvantaged young people with improved soft, technical, and vocational skills, links to jobs and business opportunities, and access to financial services in the agricultural, manufacturing, and service sectors.
Support the Kenyan Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) system to strengthen and scale its national skills development program, reaching an additional 39,000 youth.
Support 4,000 youth to establish or grow microbusinesses.
Related Initiatives:
Youth Employability and Entrepreneurship
The CAP Youth Empowerment Institute Kenya (CAPYEI) is a non-governmental organization started in 2011 to train young people who are not in school with entry-level job skills. This training is provided using the Basic Employability Skills Training (BEST) model. The partnership with the Mastercard Foundation was designed to support the Kenyan Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) system to strengthen and scale its national skills development program.
