Equipping young people in Kenya to become self-reliant, free from poverty and exploitation, through vocational and business skills training, with wellbeing support.
One World Together is a truly progressive way to join us in supporting vulnerable young Kenyans. The Solidarity Fund provides funds directly to us, helping to overcome disempowering imbalances between charities in the UK and Global South. We are working with our UK partner to shift power and resources from the UK directly to us in Kenya. But it’s a struggle to find funders who are willing to support us directly, and without this investment and resources nothing can change. Your funds collectively builds this self-direction, enabling us to remain agile and innovative as we respond to the needs of the young people and communities we work with.
We’re passionate about the importance of investing young people. But we aren’t just supporting Play it Forward and Raising Futures Kenya because of the great work they do and the impact that they have on young lives in difficult circumstances.
One World Together emerged from a desire to disrupt existing systems of charitable giving in ways that magnify the power and resources that reach smaller and ‘local’ organisations rooted in the communities that they serve.
We are so impressed by the partnership and leadership that Play it Forward and Raising Futures Kenya teams are displaying in shifting resources and decision-making power away from the UK and towards their local counterparts in Zambia and Kenya.
It is only by doing this that organisations can be accountable primarily to the communities they work in and with. Recognising the role that direct and unrestricted funding can play in supporting and catalysing this process, One World Together are delighted to support them