Structured initiatives that harness resources and ideas to empower tomorrow’s leaders today across health, socio-economic development and climate action.
OAY works for and with young people with a main objective to promote Meaningful Adolescent and Youth Engagement (MAYE). We strive to unify the voices of young people in Kenya and beyond by working with and strengthening youth coalitions and movements.
To realise its mission, OAY works in three core programming areas:
OAY works for and with young people with a main objective to promote Meaningful Adolescent and Youth Engagement (MAYE); we strive to unify the Voices of young people in Kenya and beyond by working with and strengthening youth coalitions and movements.
To realize its mission, OAY work in three core areas:
We believe in improved access to quality and responsive Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health (AYSRH), Mental Health (MH) and Nutrition and food systems; and information among young people especially those marginalized and vulnerable adolescents and youth.
LEARN MORETo improve household incomes and ability of young people to meet their economic and employment needs through skilling, agency, and leadership, access to income generation and business training opportunities in the effort to ensure total human development. Efforts are made to ensure that youth have access to decent jobs as enshrined in the SDG 8, particular focus will be on vulnerable adolescent girls and young women.
LEARN MORETo influence the adoption of sustainable environmental practices, conservation of natural resources, and the preservation of biodiversity in order to minimize environmental impact. OAY strives to promote youth centric environmental sustainable practices among communities in Kenya. We advocate for the use of renewable energy sources, proper waste managements and environmental conservation practices and initiatives.
LEARN MOREToward ensuring that the three core programming areas are all-inclusive, meaningfully representative and issue/context oriented, OAY deliberately integrates and mainstreams the following four core concepts:
Equality and Equity in access to services and opportunities especially for the most marginalised.
LEARN MOREYoung people's growth and development to engage, influence and positively impact the society.
LEARN MOREInnovations and actions by young people to influence policy, civic and democratic processes, decision and policy makers and promote accountability.
LEARN MOREYPS in Practice: Engaging Youth and Communities for Conflict Prevention, Resolution, and Peace building.
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