SUPPORTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP THROUGH THE YOUTH TO YOUTH FUND IN KENYA
Director(s): Tim Mwaura
Producer(s): Executive Producer: International Labour Organization; Producers: Tim Mwaura and Anne-Marie Jamin
2014 | 12 min | Kenya
Languages: English | Swahili
The Youth to Youth Fund (Y2YF) component of the International Labor Organization- Youth Entrepreneurship Facility (ILO-YEF) gives youth a voice to design and implement innovative solutions to employment challenges. It is a competitive grant scheme, which offers local youth-led organizations the most innovative project ideas a grant and complementary capacity building to help them implement their projects and test the viability of their ideas. In Kenya, the Y2YF is implemented by the ILO and an in-country partner organization, Ustadi Foundation. It has thus far provided support to 39 grantee organizations and a collective 2,058 beneficiaries across Kenya.