TRANSFORMING LIVES -GF

  Ghetto Foundation was officially registered as a community based organization in July 2013. It has gone through ups and downs, but these are some of its successes in the 8 years of service to humanity. We take toll of some of the achievements ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT GF has trained over 1200 youths in business skills in partnership with University of British Columbia business school and Strathmore University. The training is held every year since 2013 with participants coming from all over Mathare and its environs. The trained youths have been able to start their own ventures while others have been capacitated with skills to serve well in their already existing social enterprises LIFE SKILLS AND YOUTH LEADERSHIP In its 8 years stint, GF have endeavored to empower many youths with life's skills through capacity building trainings and mentorship program which has impacted positive transformation in the community. This is done through the annual youth leadership program which runs from ...

  Youths are the custodians of our future. They are the voice of a country or a commu nity. They are the cheerleaders and hope to a better government or system. They bring about massive ideas that can help bring change in the community or a country. Ghetto Foundation is an organization that deals with reforming the youths, not all but those that are involved in crimes. They do this through capacity building initiatives in that they can be empowered through mentorship, advices, and encouragement. By doing so they create a platform for those that are involved in those crimes to reform and seek new ways that can enable them improve their living standards. Most youths involve themselves in crimes because they find themselves idle. And as we know idleness is the devils workshop. Some of them are school drop outs hence find themselves in the streets and end up becoming g criminals. An initiative should be taken to help such individuals if not they may be mislead and end up becoming the m...