YOUTHS AGAINST  ALL ODDS IN KIBERA.

The lack of a job in Kenya and particularly Kibera is not a strange thing to come across.Young people both in rural and uburn areas in Kenya lack jobs,this makes them to iddle and roam around with no essenceto life.Most Kenyans relocate to urban to the urban centresi n search of jobs,in their pursuit for jobs,they end upin the slum areas such as Kibera where life is easier and cheaper.

A forty seven like minded youths decided to beat all odds and formed a young hardworking youth group by the name CHANGE MTAANI which means change the hood.Having looked at their poor living standards and poverty stricken backgrounds that they live in.The members of the team decided to bring change as their name suggest to their home area and also to reduce their iddleness.The youth group having assumed the many activities that have been started by different organisations and youth groups,these cheerful members have started doing many activities.

Their passion is to change their living standards and have something that they can b rag as their own and also to their hood.

These are some of the activities they have started,

1.Garbage collection-This is done around the homes.The members have decided not to charge at high price,because the people living in the area are poor.20kshs is charged at the end of every week

2.Garden in a sack-This is done in sackswhereby,sacks are filled with soil and fertilizers are put.Planting of vegetables like, onions,tomatoes and kales.When the products are ripe and ready for consumption,the youths sale them around the home area and homesteads.The money money got after the sales of these products are shared among the the members.This money helps in either paying of the house rent or day to day household activities.Some of of the money is also saved into accounts for better future projects.

3.Poultry keeping-Its is done in a wooden box where the members kept the chickens.They sell eggs and other products.

By Gonzag Odero.