Youth account for the 61% of the unemployed in Kenya, Which is more than 2million youths. Another 750,000 join this lot every year from educational institutions. This is a great disaster in the waiting if nothing is done to empower the youth to ensure that they are self reliant. One of the initiatives that the Govement of Kenya has started off to face this menace is the Enterprise Development Fund established in year 2006 with the sole purpose of reducing unemployment.
The sad side of this is that the majority of the unemployed youth have formal education hence a worse predicament for those without formal certification. Johari Apprenticeship program aims to create a solution to this national hitch by empowering vulnerable talented young adults. The program empowers young adults by equipping them with fashion and entrepreneurship skills.
I recently visited a Youth enterprise fair organized by the Enterprise Development fund where a number of Fund beneficiaries were exhibiting their wares. It’s quite evident that youth poses great potential in form of affluent creativity. What they lack is knowledge and availability of channels to grow their potential. Johari thus endeavors to grow its apprenticeship program to see to it that many more talents are nurtured to stability.
A recent youth enterprise fair
Johari current collection
produced by the apprentices
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