by Shane O'Halloran | May 11, 2023 | Advance, Empower, Entrepreneurship, Uganda, Youth Empowerment
As I departed Uganda recently after participating in the POWER Demo Day, a mix of emotions overwhelmed me. The joy and appreciation for the remarkable success achieved by the POWER accelerator filled my heart, yet a hint of sadness lingered knowing that this phase of...
by Brussels Communications | Oct 26, 2022 | Brussels, Empower, Youth Empowerment
On October 4, the European Commission adopted its first ever Youth Action Plan (YAP), which will be the guiding policy framework to promote youth engagement and empowerment as part of the EU’s external action between 2022-2027. This was a key deliverable for Jutta...
by Nduta Waweru | Aug 17, 2022 | Empower, Kenya, Youth
It is not uncommon to hear that young people have been told they are either too young or too immature to handle some things. Phrases such as ‘youth of today’ and ‘this generation’ are often loaded to highlight an older generation’s vexation with the youth. Usually,...
by Nduta Waweru | Jul 5, 2022 | Empower, Kenya
By Malemba Mkongo When Fransica Wanjiku got married in 2019, her main prayer was to one day give birth to a healthy baby. Being a woman living with a disability, she could not go ahead with her plans of conceiving without consulting a doctor to weigh in on whether...
by Shane O'Halloran | Jun 17, 2022 | Advance, Empower, Enhance, Entrepreneurship, Female Empowerment, Foster, Uganda, Youth, Youth Empowerment
The ‘Providing Opportunities for Women in Entrepreneurship and Reproductive Health’ project, or quite simply POWER for short, is a brand new joint-initiative developed by DSW and our long-term partner in Uganda, Action for Health Uganda (A4HU). Starting this month and...
by Philomena Marijani | Dec 23, 2021 | Advance, Empower, Enhance
DSW Tanzania has been implementing the “Afya yangu-Shule Yangu (My Health My School )” project in Dodoma City. The project recently organised a close out meeting that had the objective of disseminating lessons learnt and best practices to stakeholders after its...