Uwezo Program

Traditional financial institutions have avoided lending to youth due to their relative inability to comply with the high transaction costs, difficulty in assessing and managing their risk profile, and lack of the required financial documentation as well as collateral. This are just but a few of the challenges the youth face in their day to day lives as they try survive and reach their dreams. Hopefully a solution can be found to the problem of the youth. This may include the launch of more youth groups and support from the government and non-governmental organizations.

Like any other African country, Kenya requires capital to develop the vast resources and make use of the high available human capital resource to better the lives of her citizens and root out poverty. Kenyan start-ups and SMEs remain underfunded by the mainstream financial service sector due to a lack of capacity and expensive funding to service. We provide various seed grants to the social entrepreneurs in our different program to help them kick-start their ideas. The beneficiaries of our grants program generate income and savings from their social enterprises that improve their standards of living and breaks the cycle of poverty for themselves and their families. We fund social enterprises with a strong social mission and the beneficiaries must undergo training in our various programs.