Economic Empowerment

Zablon and Paul Odhiambo inspect tomatoes of Eshinamwinyali Youth Group (Zablon) Butere/Mumias.
- The need for being economically empowered is one of the expressed needs of the members of every youth group.
- A number of youth are engaged in economically empowering themselves through a Revolving Loan Fund scheme which was supported by the Ford Foundation.
- UZIMA Foundation is in the process of establishing business mentors for the young entrepreneurs.
- At the end of 2005, UZIMA Foundation signed an agreement with the Grassroots Business Initiative of the IFC/World Bank with a view to scaling up the successful experiences.


