APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY
IMPLEMENTATION, TIMELINE, AND DELIVERABLES
ACTIVITIES:
Objective 1:
1) Identify the challenges faced by the Dagoretti Garden, Home and School youth through Needs Assessment Surveys. (January - February 2012)
2) Create volunteer database, organized by skills, talents, experience and/or profession. (January - February 2012)
3) Design the workshop manuals. (March - April 2012)
4) Implement the workshops. (August 2012- Ongoing)
5) Replicate the training amongst youths; training of trainers facilitated by the volunteers (August 2012 - Ongoing).
Objective 2:
1) Identify community leaders (January- February 2012)
2) Conduct Baseline surveys to assess community leaders literacy/knowledge (January- February 2012)
3) Train the community leaders in literacy/knowledge access workshops coordinated by GP Connect! (March - April 2012)
4) Implement the literacy workshop. (August 2012- Ongoing)
5) Evaluate the impact of the workshop through school grading system and Endline Surveys (August 2012 - Ongoing)
Objective 3:
1) Find location and obtain funds to purchase land (January - September 2011)
2) Design the architectural plan (January- March 2012)
3) Construct and furnish the building (May - August 2012)
RESULTS
Objective 1:
1) 5- 10 Youth community leaders selected to replicate the workshops
2) 1000 youths practicing life skills through workshop
3) 100 youth implement CDD initiatives in Dagoretti
Objective 2:
1) 1000 children improve learning skills
2) Diminish class repetition and school dropout by 10%
3) Improve the schools grades amongst the 320 children
Objective 3:
1) Building constructed and furnished
2) 2000 children & youth participate in the workshops.
INDICATORS
Objective 1
1) No of youth becoming community leaders
2) No of youth who implement workshops
3) No of youth who will implement the CDD at Dagoretti
4) Pictures and videos
5) Interviews
6) List of Participation
7) Quarterly Report's
Objective 2
1) No. of children who participate in the workshops
2) No. of children who improve their school grades per school year
3) No. of community leaders implementing the workshops
Objective 3
1) Land agreement as evidence that the property belongs to the school.
2) Architectural design
3) Reports & Pictures.
300 children and youth living in Dagoretti Children's Garden, Home and School have faced: domestic violence, suffered abuse, abandonment by their families, living in extreme conditions and are therefore often living with limited or no access to educational opportunities. At least 65% of the children are at risk of never going to school or completing their schooling. These youth are also exposed to at-risk behaviors, ex. crime, drugs, promiscuity, as opposed to opportunities aimed at developing their leadership abilities or involvement in community projects.
GP Connect will strengthen youth community leadership by providing educational and life-skills knowledge access to these youth through a community driven development process at the Dagoretti community.
GP Connect will utilize the library constructed to implement life and vocational skill workshops in order to provide resources and solutions focused in youth leadership, youth organization, youth citizen responsibility, youth projects & social entrepreneurship. The project will focus on the use of the library to provide literacy and knowledge access workshops aimed at preventing school desertion & grade school repetition for youth and children at risk.
Seeking partnerships:
Financial Resources
Implementing Partners
Best Practice Information
Media/Marketing Opportunities,
Other:
$47900.00
Offered partnerships:
Implementing Partners, Best Practice Information, Other
GP Connect! will be the connecting point for the community driven development project and will focus on research and information sharing. GP Connect! will offer feedback on how ongoing projects can be improved and developed.
