THEMATIC AREAS

1. SELF AWARENESS

This program aims at the personal development of the person. The human person is made up of: the mind, body and soul, therefore the need to understand them and approach the issues they face from all this perspectives. Such approach is what this programs aims at. Most youths are unable to define what their vision, mission, and passion in life are. Most of the time, it is not so much joblessness as hopelessness that threatens our future, unemployed youth lose confidence in themselves and in the society that has failed to give them a chance for them to realize their potential. They are trained to identify what their vision, mission and passion in life are, a first step towards the goal of motivating and empowering them, and we believe that self
awareness is the first step towards ones personal development. They are also trained on to take care of the mind, body and soul.




2. ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAINING
Youth affected by unemployment are increasing in growing populations such as Kenya. This high unemployment rates in Kenya, is largely due to powerful socio-political forces, slow or no job creation, poor planning, misuse of resources, unfavorable urban environment at a time when even the most qualified youth are jobless. Currently the unemployment rate in Kenya is at 40% and of this 60% are the youth. This program aims at encouraging the youth to change their mindset, from being mere job seekers to being job creators. To be an entrepreneur, creativity and innovation are paramount. We train the youth to think and act creatively and encourage innovative ideas. Under this thematic area is Income generating projects, this program helps the youth starts income generating projects for themselves and other similar youth initiatives. The program will also assist the youth to link up with mentors, provide a channel for information for financial institutions and corporate organizations that offer monetary and in- kind support for income generating activities. This are all geared towards economic empowerment of the youth.

3. REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH


This involves training the youth to become aware of their sexuality and appreciate it and strive towards responsible sexual behavior. Training on child and maternal health, cancer awareness campaigns, HIV/AIDS, In addition to this, they are trained on the importance of family planning. Inukeni Vijana will engage in massive reproductive health awareness campaigns right from the community level to institutions of learning such as; secondary schools, colleges and universities. This program will also ensure that the youth within our age bracket, have access to information and services on reproductive health.



4.  ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
This program aims to build the youth’s capacity to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change while at the same time addressing the challenge of food security. It will engage the youth in environmental conservation trainings, seminars, activities such as tree planting, soil conservation, forming environmental clubs as well as forming and taking part in local and international platforms where youth can discuss all matters environment and environmental sustainability.


5. POLICY PAPER AND COMMUNICATION
All our programs and projects are guided by adequate research and sound approaches. In our capacity as a community based organization, we are the forefront of policy advocacy and lobbying. This we do by mobilization and frequent
policy papers that will be written and handed to various stakeholders who work with the youth and whose aim is to improve the welfare of the youth. Our policy papers will focus on our thematic areas. Communication will also involve issues on the youth, urbanization and gender participatory research, information documentation and dissemination.