Salil Shah's Blog

A couple of days ago, I had the honour of attending the project launch of one of the grantees of the 2011 Y2Y fund. The project launch took place deep within the Korogocho slum of Nairobi. The project launch went well and participants were taken through the details of the project and were also shown some of the final products. We were also treated to drama and music performed by the slum residents. The guest of honour was the German Ambassador to Kenya. She was very pleased with the project

The selection of the winners of the Youth-to-Youth Fund’s 2nd Call for
Proposals in East Africa has resulted in the funding of 15 new projects on
youth entrepreneurship development in the region.

The Y2Y Fund, which is implemented by the Youth Entrepreneurship Network
(YEN) and the ILO’s Youth Entrepreneurship Facility (YEF) in partnership
with national organizations and supported by the Africa Commission as well
as the BASF Social Foundation and Microsoft

The Chase Bank Enablis ILO Business Plan Competition 2011 which conculded on Friday 28th October 2011 is an amazing competition and is a platform for Kenyans with business ideas to realize their dreams. This was the third year that the competition was held. The competition is run by an organization called Enablis. Enablis Entrepreneurial Network is a member-based organization that exists throughout the African continent. Enablis was launched at the G8 meeting in 2002 and founded by Accenture

Korogocho is a Swahili word that means “crowded shoulder to shoulder.” Korogocho slum houses some 200,000 people crammed into one single square kilometer of land. More than 70% of the Korogocho population is less than 30 years old. Prostitution, unemployment, drug addiction, alcoholism, rape, criminality, school dropout and domestic violence are the order of the day.