The project seeks to digitally document video & share stories on a broad range of community needs affecting youth in western Kenya,Kakamega county such as employment, access to affordable housing and secure land tenure, safer towns and participation in decision-making. The project will support Youth-led Developments (activities) in storytelling through digital photography/video, songs, poems and drawings and trainings of youth in production of digital photography/video and other skills will take part in the workshops.which gives young people valuable skills such as video production and editing
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What locality or neighborhood will your project focus on?
Kakamega ,Mumias.
Describe the specific population with whom you will be working.
Our youth groups are members of the implementing team from organization involved directly in designing & implementing of this project ,more so youth at risk coming from poor economical background with little or no resources access.Majority are computer illiterate and have no access to internet services , making them more vulnerable to social economical and technological shocks.We need to work together so as we can increase/boosting their online chances of interacting with the rest of the world.Historically disadvantaged youth face additional barriers to sharing out their, success, challenges and problems and sometimes difficulties in entering into the workforce due to factors such as poverty, ethnicity, gender, and geography. For example, divisions based on race and ethnicity .
Who else will be on your team to help implement the project?
Melina lingondo A trained teacher by profession with wider connection in Education systems https://www.facebook.com/melina.lingondo.Beatrice Makokha, a journalist by profession with experience in free lancing, Amy Doff is a volunteer online from Hawaii and a public health practitioner to help in editing our blog and materials to be posted online. Eric Wright from Canada an online volunteer, who worked with us, with vast experience in international studies and rich history around the world to help in editing our materials to be posted on Facebook, twitter and you tube.
What kinds of news, stories and other content will be created?
We shall create digital video and photography stories, poems, songs and drawings and share them on free media social networks such as twitter,Facebook,blogs and you tube all this will cover topics on problems, challenges and successes stories of youth when it comes to Land, Legislation and Governance (Training in governance & Democracy),Planning and Design (Creating youth space & Youth friendly towns), Economy (Employment, Job & business training, Agriculture), Basic Services (Recycling, water, sewage and IT services),Housing and Slum Upgrading (Lobbying for access to affordable housing, training in construction),Risk Reduction and Rehabilitation (Training & services for youth at Risk, drugs, alcohol & prostitution),Research and Capacity Development (Training, building networks .
What technologies and digital tools do you plan to use in the trainings?
Describe the connections that you or your organization have already established or plan to establish that will contribute to the success of the project.
I created and manages online, like blog, facebook, twitter and you tube, I have done a course in video production and much exposed to issues affecting youth at stake. I have implemented 5 successful youth based projects benefiting over 5000+ youth directly and 10000+ indirectly funded by various donors including both local and international such as Kiva Zip from US, Global Giving from both US and UK, The pollination project (TPP) from US, Kenya community development foundation (KCDF) Kenyan based, Anglican development services and several Government sponsored projects, making me and the organisationm posses the ability to network worldwide. What we need now is to share out our challenges, problems and success stories on media citizen and bring more people to work together and network.
How many participants do you think will be trained in your project?
200 youth,5 religion leaders,10 teachers from participating schools. Youth's group has a membership of 200 youths. Altogether the project will give trainings to 215 Members. It is expected that these will form base of Trainers of trainees (TOTs) of manpower who will in turn train many women and youths in the community estimated at over 10,000+ youths who will not have had the opportunity to get training. Additional advantage we have is that the Training hall has a permanent structure with a Mission to educate and train. The Project should offer an opportunity for a multiplier effect where those who have received the training will through experience and further training become the Centre's source of trained manpower.Registration of participants and honors will be issued out to finalist.
Describe which technologies, tools, and media you will focus on when training participants.
Our approach to use digital video, story telling is influenced by the fact that the science and the art of storytelling is part and parcel of the African way of life that helps people to make sense of themselves and participants don’t forget stories easily, about their cultures and societies, in loaded and important ways. Technical skills include: digital video recording, distribution marketing, awareness creation, online , social media skills & management and audio recording It’s a practice that gives a voice to individuals and groups who have been overwhelmed by problems/issues. Experts say stories helps people leave behind rich legacies of expression for future generations. In our view, storytelling helps us salvage our sequence of events from corporate and commercial interests.
Describe the facilities where you will hold the workshops.
We have a large training hall that can accommodate more than 100 people in one sitting with open windows. Some trainings involving participating teachers and religion leaders will be in person and if possible done at our training hall. The hall is installed with electricity and Television set, and our office has two computers with internet connection of speed. Participants will be trained in groups of 20 people per session.
What is your current relationship with the community with whom you plan to work? What makes you the most appropriate individual or organization to implement this project?
Working around the problems and challenges facing youth and promotion of their activities within communities, it’s still seen by part of Kenyan government officials as a challenge to their leadership, because an empowered youth who knows her/his rights are seen and believed to oppose poor leadership from corrupt government officials who wants to continue promoting impunity in the Nation, This may be curtailed by some of the youth's alienation from the process who are still loyal servants of this category of poor leadership. Efforts to foster engage them and give them a voice could result in enormous resistance and even victimization of the same youth.To manage the challenges: Build partnerships beyond the program structures,Instill risk management in the implementation of project.
What specific challenges do you expect to face when planning and implementing your project?
Working around the problems and challenges facing youth and promotion of their activities within communities, it’s still seen by part of Kenyan government officials as a challenge to their leadership, because an empowered youth who knows her/his rights are seen and believed to oppose poor leadership from corrupt government officials who wants to continue promoting impunity in the Nation, This may be curtailed by some of the youth's alienation from the process who are still loyal servants of this category of poor leadership. Efforts to foster engage them and give them a voice could result in enormous resistance and even victimization of the same youth.
How to manage the challenges: Build partnerships beyond the program structures, Instill risk management in the implementation plan.
How will you measure and evaluate the project’s impact, specifically: your primary participants, the wider regional community, or the global digital community?
We shall establish a robust and rigorous monitoring and evaluation plan for the project to clearly demonstrate project activities, input verses output , results and project impact and to contribute to broader exposition of issues affecting youth within the communities. The Monitoring and Evaluation plan is integrated into the overall project design to enable interactive and responsive project implementation, coordination with all stakeholders and effective feedback plan created .We shall carry out pre and post test evaluations during the trainings to gauge participants’ knowledge & skills on the use of digital story telling to create, interactive/informative stories,songs, poems and drawings and share this effectively on social media networks. Count numbers of stories created by youth.
If your project were to be selected as a Rising Voices grantee, what would be the general timeline of project activities in 2014?
The project is to take six months
Month One June 2014 – Project launch at the site and 5 day conference for participants on how to use video photography, cameras, projector, in relation to creating digital stories.
Month Two July 2014- Community activities ( focus group discussion on story telling, poems and drawings), commencement of digital story collection
Month Three August 2014– Continuation of digital story collection
Month Four September 2014 – Editing and processing the entries
Month Five October 2014 — Uploading the entries of social media platforms
Month Six November 2014 —Monitoring, Evaluating and reporting on the project
Detail a specific budget of up to $2,500 USD for operating costs.
1. Video Camera -US $ 600
2. Projector hire for five days -US $ 200
3. DVD Player – US$ 60
4. Workshop facilitators paid to five people for five days -US$-400
5. Transport/communication/mobilization of 215 participants for five days – US $ 950
6. Refreshments for 215 project participants for five days- US $ 290
Besides the microgrant funding, what other support can Rising Voices provide for your project to ensure its success?
Provision of technical support regarding final entries to be uploaded,
Formulation of a long-term partnership sharing the products to other social sites and platforms,
helping establish networks and synergies with like minded organizations and individuals willing to work together with us.
Contact name
Vincent Atitwa
Organization
Matungu community developmeny charity.(MCDC)
