WELCOME
YEDP was founded Kenya in 2009 as a Non-profit Organization by young generation group to support women, Girls and Child Right towards Socio-economic development, Education, Advocate for human right as well as health care, through capacity building, Education and literacy, Dissemination of Information on Sexual and Reproductive Health and vocational skills and sensitized the communities to be aware to stop Gender Based Violence (GBV) such as: Sexual Violence, Domestic Violence, Emotional & Psychological violence, Socio-Economic Violence as well as Harmful cultural practices.
In 2014 YEDP implemented a stop GBV cases for refugees women and girls project and this mad this young generation more innovative, creative and experienced on GBV survivors cases, we recognized that perpetrators of Gender Based Violence are often those closest to the victims such as husbands or partners, family members, close relatives, friends, community members and even humanitarian workers although in most instances of GBV survivors do not seek help or speak out for fearing of being stigmatized by their own community because they are not aware of their right
In 2016 YEDP group Members set down and decided to register it at governmental level in Kenya Turkana West as a community Based Organization with registration Number DGSD/TRKW/CBO/114, YEDP believes that Gender Based Violence is inflicted by men on women and girls and is based on historic unequal power relations between men and women which led to the discrimination against women by men and to the prevention of the full advancement of women although women and girls are the most main victims of GBV it is also possible for men and boys to be the victims and in particular homosexuals other persons perceived as not fulfilling clear gender rules based on sexually determined roles, exploitations and behaviors, we want women and girls to live self-dependent in their lives.
Education Program
The aim is to reduce poverty, protect people from diseases, economic dependency and promote cohesion.
The objectives of this program is to promote Education and Literacy as well as community health education to people and Adults who fail to complete the normal schools due to the poverty and lack of possibility in many families in Africa that limited socio-economic to people and this came due to the lack of Gender Based Violence among many generation as all of over the world the lack of Education lead people to exercise poverty all over the world but Education has no limit We should provide literacy and community health education and normal education to people who drop out school due to some circumstances like: early pregnancy and early marriage, the lack of money, and other forms of Gender Based Violence and make sure we breakdown the issue of poverty, the spread of diseases such as: cholera, TB, Tetanus and HIV/AIS and make people live independently and manage their own resources as the gain education, this will be implemented after create Literacy curriculum and followed the government normal education curriculum to make sure we achieve our goal, we should also train teachers and other volunteers to recognise the methods and technics of teaching adults and young people and we should provide social assistance to young girls.
Gender and RH Program
The aim is to reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce rate of HIV/AIDS, reduce unplanned birth and promote awareness of Gender based violence (GBV), empower women/girls and promote care for AIDS.
The objectives of this program is to train and sensitize people to be aware of Gender Based Violence, we recognise that many people are still not aware of the rights and this lead many people to live in the world of poverty, limit health protection and Education, the issue of sexual violence, Physical violence, Emotional and psychological violence, socio-Economic violence and Harmful Cultural Practices is very expended and people are sentences defilement, Domestic Violence, Rape, Exploitation and human trafficking, GBV is usually inflicted by men on women and girls and by Adults on Children and is based on historic unequal power relations between men and women and Adults and Children which lead to the domination and discrimination against women by men and Children by Adults therefore we should engage men and other Adults to stop the issues of Gender Based violence (GBV), we should also training young girls on Sexual and Reproductive Health to reduce early pregnancy and HIV infection among young girls and we should also engage parents and leaders for them to take part of informing girls on health issues and we should make a curriculum Based SRH and training for SRH facilitators on Technics and methodologies of training SRH issues to Young girls.
Youth and Sport Program
The Aim is to reduce poverty, conflicts, spread of HIV/AIDS and promote the talents and stop the use of drug abuse among youths and children, promote economic dependency economic welfare for young people and Adults women
The objectives of this program to Provide trainings, group discussions and training of other youth leaders provision of youth sport, youth festivals and child rights as well known that a child is any human being under the age of 18 years old, children are considered one of the most vulnerable members of society and are the victims of crimes, exploitation and Abuses. To achieve this we should train parents and children to understand well their rights and provide child sport which will include (Pre-cadet 8-12 and, Micro-cadet 12 to 15), provide child to child play therapy and train child leaders in order to make them to be aware of their right and let them to be ambassador of their peers in their communities and make sure we protect them from Abuse, from harmful cultural practices, from sexual Exploitation and protection from Drugs as well as Leisure and Recreation and Torture and Depreciation of Liberty by respect of humanitarian law.
Livelihood Program
The aim is to promote sustainable livelihoods and capacity strengthening by providing market-oriented vocational skills and rural projects.
The objective is to provide Tailoring classes and Hairdressing classes among young people and women as well as to help the people to form Savings and Loans Association for them to become Economically dependent in their lives, many people all over the world specially women are sentences poverty and this become due to the limit of knowledge of creative source of income generating activities now we should train people to be creative and innovative in their whole lives , also we should provide train on firming and tree planting, Soap making and cooking all of these we wish to make young people and women people to live dependent lives instead of depending on someone else
Where we are
About Kakuma Refugee Camp is located in Turkana district of Northwest Region of Kenya, 120 kilometers from Lodwa district Headquarters and 95 Kilometers from lokitchggio Kenya Sudan boarder The population of kakuma refugee camp currently stands at 180,000; Majority (99%) of refugee population is from South Sudan, Somalia, Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC), Ethiopia, Burundi and Uganda, Ivory Coast, Zimbabwe and Yemen. The environment of kakuma Life in the semi-arid desert environment of kakuma is rather challenges, Area has always been full of problems dust storms, high temperatures, poison spiders, snakes and scorpions, outbreak of malaria and cholera, the temperature of kakuma is 40 degree Celsius 104 degrees Fahrenheit, the economy of kakuma due to their legal situation and local environmentally condition refugees are largely enable to support themselves with incoming generating activities.. Refugees are entirely dependent on humanitarian food aid, less than 1/3 of children and youth attend school and only 2/3 has adequate shelter. Once registered with UNHCR officially refugees cannot leave fragile with minimal reporting of cases of girls and women violent/ rape and domestic violence. adolescent and youth 10 to 25 years make 68% of the kakuma refugee camp population the onset of adolescence and youth brings not only changes to their bodies but also new vulnerabilities to human rights abuses, particularly in the arenas of sexual, marriage and childbearing, 45% of girls are coerced into unwanted sex or marriage putting them at risk of unwanted pregnancies, unsafe abortions, sexual transmitted infections (STIs) including HIV/AIDS and dangerous childbirth, Adolescents and youth boys are at risk as well young people, both boys and girls are disproportionately affected by HIV, Yet too many young people faced barriers to reproductive health information and care.
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