Youth On the Move Designing The Future That They Wish To See.

I'm very impressed with the work Paamoja initiative is doing, especially on meaningful youth engagement, quality education and creating community solutions based on Research and Development (R&D) strategies. 

 It was a great honor to be engaged as the main facilitator during the Decent Income Youth Empowerment Program (DIYEP) launch and capacity building training for the trainers (TOT) who will be in charge of the training at Paamoja Initiative. 

Summary notes of the TOT; 

1. Shared insights on lesson planning.
2. How to engage the participants in a meaningful ways.
3.  Planning and documentation during the training life cycle. 
4. Quality of a great trainer and how trainers can improve and be inspired to do more. 
5. We shared our experiences as trainers. 
6. The 4 E's meaning Entry, Evaluation, Exit and Expectations. 
7. How to engage participants by using appropriate training methodologies and best facilitation practices.
8. Learn to Learn; How creativity plays a role in how we learn. And many more... 

During my conversation with the founder of Paamoja initiative Titus aka Tito Papito who is a seasonal social entrepreneur and community advocate, I captured this profound insights...

 " As an expert on youth and community development, I don't want to sit in a corner and create ideas on what I think should happen in improving the community. What I practice and I have ensured is also inculcated in all our operations is to go for every voice as it's expressed by the people living in the community that we want to impact through our program. 

Once we have all the data from the target groups is when we can evaluate, analyze and formulate a point of view. The next steps that follows is to design targeted and meaning programs as per the findings during the research process and this is how DIYEP was born. 

We have developed different research methodologies and tools for tapping every single voice of our target group as the primary source of getting ideas of creating solutions and I would urge other innovators to consider this approach that starts from the user's perspective" - Titus, founder Paamoja initiative and social entrepreneur. 

Thanks for the opportunity to learn more about your program and I wish you all the best of luck during the implementation phase of the DIYEP program. 

Keep the great work and all the best to all the trainers, Jesse Jacktone, Nashon Luvohwa,  Titus Kuria and everyone involved in the program. 

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