A social movement of 'slum' residents and urban poor people in Kenya with communities at the centre.
Muungano youth have also established a vibrant online platform known as Know Your City TV (KYCTv), showcasing locally-led advocacy initiatives, sharing youth stories and amplifying their voices through a variety of media. KYCTv engages with a broad audience, raising awareness about the issues faced by young people.
We are delighted to join One World Together given their commitment to revolutionizing funding for global organizations and movements that work closely with the groups they represent. Funders may recognise the importance of young people in current and future development outcomes, but they are less willing and able to fund us through their existing systems. Where they do, it rarely offers the flexibility that enables us to meet and respond to young people’s changing needs.
Muungano wa wanavjiji is part of the internationally-respected and highly successful SDI movement, a global federation of urban poor communities that mobilises around savings groups to address community challenges and fight for more pro-poor urban development. In recognition that their traditional approach doesn’t meet young people’s needs directly, they established a parallel movement for young people in the community, providing opportunities for leadership, skills development, and for young people to be at the driving seat of the change processes they want to see in their lives, communities and cities.
Since we’re passionate about community and we’re passionate about young people – Muungano’s youth federation may be our perfect match! But we’re also especially delighted to partner with Muungano because we recognise that donors are less comfortable working outside of typical funding channels. All big donors might realise how important young people are to our futures – and how great their needs are in the short-term – but few are meeting this recognition with funding directly to young people.
We’re also so excited about giving Know Your City TV a new platform for sharing their experiences and successes through our community platform. Their high-quality productions will give our Global Citizens new insight into and deeper understandings of young people’s lives in Kenya and of why young people must be at the centre of solutions..