YFC PROJECT PROPOSAL

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Youth for Change

ABOUT US

Youth for Change often abbreviated as YFC is a group dedicated to advocating for the rights of the less destitute in the society. The group, formed in April 2016, is managed by firm and capable youths from across Kenya.

The group is registered under the Department of Social Development under the Ministry of East Africa Community, Labour and Social Protection as a Community Based Organization.

VISION

Afro-optimism is the key.

MISSION

Better world through kindness to the less fortunate.

SOCIAL MEDIA

FACEBOOK:              YFC Nairobi

TWITTER:                  @YFCNairobi

INSTAGRAM:             @YFCNairobi

EMAIL ADDRESS:       yfcnairobi@gmail.com

TILL NO.:                   800682 (YOUTH FOR CHANGE)

PHONE NO.: +254 706 541 824 (Yvonne Ndubi)

YFC SANITARY TOWELS CAMPAIGN

The Sanitary towels Campaign for underprivileged girls in the informal settlements seeks to give the girl child in the informal settlements an equal chance to compete and lead a fulfilled life.  This is the Second Project for YFC.

OBJECTIVES

• To distribute sanitary towels to 500 girls from the targeted informal settlement schools by December 2019. 
• To increase awareness in 80% of informal settlement schools on proper menstrual hygiene by December 2019.
• To assist the communities come up with sustainable projects to ensure availability of sanitary towels to girls in informal settlement schools. 
• To lobby with other Non-Governmental Organizations involved in projects in the informal settlements to ensure girls have access to sanitary towels.

TARGET

The campaign targets to reach girls in secondary and primary schools in the four selected informal settlements in Nairobi Kenya. The First Phase (which will begin in February 2019 and run through to December 2019) will focus on informal settlements around Nairobi’s Eastlands area. The Second Phase of the project will kick start in February 2020.

Targeted informal settlements (Phase 1):

• Mukuru Kwa Njenga
• Sinai

Phase 2

• Mukuru Kwa Reuben
• Korogocho

SOURCES OF FUNDS

• Member contributions

Every month members are expected to pay a monthly fee of 200 shillings to enable the group’s activities and projects. The money contributed by the members will be used to purchase the sanitary towels to be distributed and facilitate movement of the group members during the campaign.

• Events

YFC organizes events e.g concerts and Karaoke in Nairobi County with an aim of raising funds. For the Sanitary Towels Project, the first one was even was held last year Rock for Charity event on May 12^th 2018 at the Blues Restaurant.

Donations

Donations of all kinds from well-wishers and people who support the YFC course will be used to run the sanitary pads campaign.

• Other sources

DISTRIBUTION

To ensure the sanitary towels are distributed to girls in the informal settlements, YFC will work jointly with selected school teachers from selected secondary and primary schools. More research will be conducted to identify a focal person to work with within the settlements.

BUDGET

ACTIVITY/ITEM	NO. OF UNITS	UNIT COST	TOTAL
Meetings	3	N/A	N/A
Underwears	1000	50	50,000
Media & Advertising posters and brochures)	Posters: 10 Brochures: 20	70.00 50.00	700.00 1000.00
Sanitary Towels	9,000	50	450,000.00
Miscellaneous (Drinks, Snacks, Pens, Note Books for members and Trainers)	N/A	N/A	36,300.00
TOTAL			538,000

PROGRESS REPORT

The first sanitary towels distribution was held on30/05/2019at Star of Hope Secondary School, Sinai

We distributed a total of 528packets of sanitary towels to the 252 girls in the school

FORM 2 GIRLS AFTER RECEIVING THE SANITARY TOWELS

The distribution..

Way forward:

Our main objective is to distribute sanitary towels to 500 girls before December, 2019.

The next school term we will distribute to Star of Hope Secondary School as well as another school from Mukuru kwa Njenga slum.

                  YFC EMPOWERING THE BOY CHILD CAMPAIGN

For years now, many Non-Governmental Organizations and the Government have mostly focused on empowering the girl child and while this is being done the boy child lags behind, this is according to a survey conducted by the National Gender and Equality Commission in Kenya. The results from the survey also indicate heightened expectations for the boy child in regard to good behaviour but no evidence indicates their capabilities of exuding this. YFC is however trying to demystify the fallacy that the boy child is an impediment and often an enemy of a girl’s success. We believe in creating equality among the younger generation regardless of gender.  To achieve this, we have embarked on creating a scholarship for young bright men in the slums to enable them achieve proper education. Statistics show that globally the boy child is most likely to drop out of school and abuse drugs.  It is in this breadth that our Community Based Organization is seeking to raise funds that will go towards educating the less fortunate but bright boy child in the slum.

 We are looking for individuals to collaborate with to ensure that the boy child stays in school and is mentored just as much as the girl child.  The campaign will involve, paying of school fees annually for the best performing boys in the select schools, providing basic school needs like stationery, books and school uniforms. In addition, we are also seeking to work with mentors who will have talks with the students on career choices, mental health and drug abuse. Star of Hope Secondary School in Sinai where we conducted our first Sanitary Towels Campaign will be the first beneficiary of the “Empowering the Boy Child Campaign”. More schools to be included in the project will be identified in due course.

BUDGET

ACTIVITY/ITEM	NO. OF UNITS	UNIT COST	TOTAL
Meetings	3	N/A	N/A
Media & Advertising (posters and brochures)	Posters: 10 Brochures: 20	70.00 50.00	700.00 1000.00
Note Books for members and Trainers)	N/A	N/A	36,300.00
Scholarship Funds	12 Students	7000	84,000
School Uniforms	12 Students	1200	14,000
Transport	30 members	500	15,000

The Harsh Reality

Today we delve into a topic that was and is still considered a big taboo in most societies and religions, MENSTRUATION.

What is menstruation? It is the monthly discharge of blood and the shedding of the lining of a woman’s uterus through the vagina if a pregnancy did not occur. Just like farting, sweating, pooping or peeing, it’s a natural and a very healthy process that takes place in a woman’s body hence naturally helping to cleanse and flash out toxins. Menstruation or period as it is popularly known is a recurring process that starts from a woman’s early teen years until menopause. Despite it being a natural process and something, we totally have no control over, it’s an experience which carries negative connotations.

A menstruating woman is perceived as ‘unclean’ disgusting and generally treated as an outcast in the 2 or 7 days she’s on her periods.  Growing up, a girl learns that a woman’s greatest shame, is her periods. Because of this internalized resentment, menstruation even in the contemporary society remains a largely untackled topic. It’s a topic discussed in whispers and hushed tones. It is due to this stigma that society constantly continues to sweep under the carpet the numerous challenges menstruating women all over the world face. Unaffordability of sanitary towels being the major one.

It has been estimated that 2/3 of women in Kenya cannot afford sanitary towels monthly.  Over 850,000 school going girls both in rural and urban informal settlements such as Mukuru kwa Njenga, Kibera just to mention but a few, miss school an average of five days each month.

While the cheapest packet of sanitary towels costs around 50 shillings, this price of such a basic commodity is still way beyond the reach of a girl residing in Kibera slums. It’s still way beyond the reach of that girl in Mukuru kwa Njenga slums whose parents are struggling to feed her and her eight siblings every night. It’s beyond the reach of that girl whose only idea of breakfast is the  sugarless black tea that she takes every morning before rushing to school.

Because of this high pricing, these girls from the slums go for the cheapest but very unhygienic options; the use of old mattresses, old clothes and rags, newspapers. Anything that could absorb the menstruation blood. This in turn makes them not only very uncomfortable and unable to attend school due to fear of leakage but also susceptible to infections.

Additionally, slum girls as young as 15 years old reportedly engage in transactional sex. Sex in exchange for a packet of pads. This in turn leads to early pregnancies, STIs and subsequently leads to their dropping out of schools.

Sad as it is, this is the harsh reality. This is the truth that every other slum girl in Kenya and all over the world must face.

 

You can however make a difference today.  You can make a girl smile. You can keep a girl in school. By donating…

Your generosity and kindness will go a long way in restoring a girl’s hope. Your 10 shillings will make the much-needed difference.

“Giving is not just about donating its about making a difference” -Kathy Calvin

JOIN YOUTH FOR CHANGE IN MAKING A DIFFERENCE, SEND YOUR DONATION TO TILL NUMBER 800682

By Millicent Maina aka Mylo

YFC SANITARY TOWELS CAMPAIGN

 

 

YOUTH FOR CHANGE

ABOUT US 
Youth for Change often abbreviated as YFC is a group dedicated to advocating for the
rights of the destitute in the society. The group, formed in April 2016, is managed
by firm and capable youths from across Kenya.
The group is registered with the Department of Social Development under the
Ministry of East Africa Community, Labour and Social Protection as a Community
Based Organization.
VISION
Afro-optimism is the key.
MISSION
Better world through kindness to the less fortunate.
SOCIAL MEDIA
FACEBOOK: YFC Nairobi
TWITTER: @YFCNairobi
INSTAGRAM: @YFCNairobi
EMAIL ADDRESS: yfcnairobi@gmail.com
TILL NO.: 800682 (YOUTH FOR CHANGE)
PHONE NO.: +254 706 541 824 (Yvonne Ndubi)

 

YFC SANITARY TOWELS CAMPAIGN
The Sanitary towels Campaign for underprivileged girls in the informal settlements
seeks to give the girl child in the informal settlements an equal chance to compete and
lead a fulfilled life. This is the Second Project for YFC.
OBJECTIVES
 To distribute sanitary towels to 500 girls from the targeted informal settlement
schools by December 2018.
 To increase awareness in 80% of informal settlement schools on proper
menstrual hygiene by December 2018.
 To assist the communities come up with sustainable projects to ensure
availability of sanitary towels to girls in informal settlement schools.
 To lobby with other Non-Governmental Organizations involved in projects in
the informal settlements to ensure girls have access to sanitary towels.
TARGET
The campaign targets to reach girls in secondary and primary schools in the five
selected informal settlements in Nairobi Kenya. The First Phase (which will begin in
June 2018 and run through to December 2018) will focus on informal settlements
around Nairobi’s Eastlands area. The Second Phase of the project will kick start in
February 2019.
Targeted informal settlements (Phase 1):
 Mukuru Kwa Njenga
 Mukuru Kwa Reuben
 Sinai
 Korogocho
SOURCES OF FUNDS
 Member contributions
Every month members are expected to pay a monthly fee of 200 shillings to
enable the group’s activities and projects. The money contributed by the
members will be used to purchase the sanitary towels to be distributed and
facilitate movement of the group members during the campaign.
 Events
YFC organizes events e.g concerts and Karaoke in Nairobi County with an aim
of raising funds. For the Sanitary Towels Project, the Group is planning to hold
the Rock For Charity event on May 12th 2018 at the Blues Restaurant to raise
more funds. The event will be promoted through social and mainstream
media.

 Donations
Donations of all kinds from well wishers and people who support the YFC
course will be used to run the sanitary pads campaign.
 Other sources
DISTRIBUTION
To ensure the sanitary towels are distributed to girls in the informal settlements, YFC
will work jointly with selected school teachers from selected secondary and primary
schools. More research will be conducted to identify a focal person to work with
within the settlements.
PARTNERSHIP
So far the Group has managed to bring on board the Pad Heaven Initiative Limited,
who will sell the dignity pack reusable sanitary towels at a discounted price and
provide trainers as well during the visits to the informal settlements.
WHY REUSABLE SANITARY TOWELS?
1. Cost
Reusable sanitary towels are cheaper compared to the disposable ones. At
Kshs. 900.00 a girl will get sanitary towels that will last the whole year, a pair
of panties and a menstrual hygiene book.
2. Environmental friendly
Garbage is Nairobi’s largest headache; some of this garbage usually ends up in
the drainage systems causing blockage. Reusable sanitary towels are
environmental friendly as they are made from environment friendly materials
such as clothes, and in turn take quite some time before being disposed off.
3. Sustainability
This is one of the most sustainable solutions to the sanitary towels menace in
this country, as well as globally. They are cost friendly and harmless to the
environment, at the same time providing employment within the informal
sectors (in line with the UN – Sustainable Development Goals 2030).

BUDGET

ACTIVITY/ITEM	NO. OF UNITS	UNIT COST	TOTAL
Meetings	3	N/A	N/A
Transport	N/A	N/A	N/A
Media & Advertising (t-shirts, posters and brochures)	T-Shirts : 30 Posters: 10 Brochures: 20	400.00 70.00 50.00	12,000.00 700.00 1000.00
Sanitary Towels	500 (Dignity Pack)	900.00	450,000.00
Miscellaneous (Drinks, Snacks, Pens, Note Books for members and Trainers)	N/A	N/A	36,300.00
TOTAL			500,000.00