URAFIKI’s employability and skills programme was set up by the team to encourage long-term, sustainable change in Yala. The cycle of poverty stems back to people leaving school at a young age with little to no professional skills and having children when they are just children themselves. Often turning to a life of alcohol seems like the only option.  

 

With your sponsorships, the URAFIKI team can continue developing courses to run at the community centre.  Courses include carpentry, hairdressing and beauty, sewing and tailoring, all of which provide people with the skills needed for employment. As people find jobs their family living standard improves and so does the attitude of the community to learning a trade.