Naivasha (ymca)

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INTRODUCTION

The Nakuru YMCA was founded in 1977 by members with the intention of developing and exploring their talents to communicate socially relevant issues to the immediate community. Over time however, the group has grown from the initial members to a current membership of 140 associate members, 83 full members and 3 life members registered with Kenya YMCA in the year ending 2010/2011. Presently the branch has 67 active youth members. At the onset, the branch mostly engaged in community interventions on a limited scale but with increasing social concerns such as HIV/AIDS, gender based violence, and inter-cultural conflict resolution e.g. the group diversified its activities to encompass education and entertainment on topical issues through, education talks, sporting events, plays competitions and festivals among others.

The branch is situated at lower 58 estate Shadrack kimalel road at the larger Nakuru District with potential of changing the face of YMCA in the Nakuru community.

 

MOTTO

Many Parts, One body

 

VISION

An enable, youth and community realizing full potential in accordance with Christian values

 

MISSION

Exists to facilitate empowerment and development of the Physical, mental and spiritual well being of the youth and their communities for effective leadership and self-reliance.

 

OBJECTIVES

• To strengthen Christian values in the community.
• Empower youth to self reliance through education and training
• Have youthful fun

TECHNICAL/WORKING PARTNERS

Over the years, Nakuru YMCA has bagged several achievements courtesy of the cordial and effective working relationships that we have established with various individuals and organizations alike. It is through these partnerships that we have managed to collaboratively attain the objectives of the group and our partners alike. The major working partners are:

 

 

• Family Health Initiatives (through APHIA programs)

· Alleviation of human suffering through helping of Internally Displaced Persons especially the youths.

· Behavior change communication on HIV/AIDS through peer education.

· Church Based Reproductive health interventions

• Kenya Scouts (through scouting for change program)

· Behavior change communication intervention among the youth out of school.

• REPACTED Kenya

· Interventions on adolescent sexual and reproductive health through community theatre outreaches and program/product launches.

· Social marketing

• The Government Ministries

· Community mobilization

· Logistical support.

· Policy and protocol issues.

· Joint voluntary services to the community

 

ACTIVITIES

1. Membership trainings, recruitment and retention.
2. Youth transformation process through civic programs and economic empowerment.
3. Christian emphasis youth programs and spiritual empowerment.

4. We hold outreaches in the community on various issues affecting it to promote home grown solutions.

 

1. We offer entertainment packages that are tailor made to suit the particular occasion.
2. Community services and environmental conservation exercises in the community.

 

ACHIEVEMENTS

In its continued operations, the branch has managed to cover several milestones that have not only strengthened our activities but also made us more focused into the future. These include;

• Successful caring out a transformative process namely from Subject to Citizen.
• We successfully separated the branch activities from the school activities.
• We have organized youth exchange programs, through games monthly experience sharing sessions, pick nick and camps
• We have repackaged the face of our YMCA in the community
• Successfully organized a medical camp for the community’s a mean of recruitment.
• Continuous youth trainings in various areas within the interest of the community.

GROUP STRENGTHS

In the fulfillment of the branch objective to build the capacity of its members, the branch has endeavored to ensure its members are adequately trained to handle the many responsibilities that accompany their tasks. With the intervention of our working partners, most of our branch members have been trained and capacity build to handle a host of issues at the community. In addition members are frequently invited to many update sessions by the working partners. The branch thus boasts of a wide skills base that can be exploited in the implementation of any programs now and in future. The skills base includes:

• Over 2000 young people trained in civic competence process through S2C process
• Members trained on HIV/AIDS competency.
• Members trained in community facilitation and creative leadership.
• Members trained on reproductive health and Community mobilization.
• Additional training on communication, life skills, community mobilisation, capacity building, poverty reduction and eradication by various organizations.
• Membership trained in Christian emphasis.

RUNNING PLANS

As part of our running plans, the branch hopes to diversify its operations to include other education and interpersonal communication measures to help transform the community.

v The branch also intends to pursue its dream of establishing a youth friendly educational and recreational resource centre in Nakuru to satisfy the knowledge thirst of the surrounding community.

v We also aspire to empower the members and well wishers through enhanced networking forums such as festivals and talent exposure programs.

v On income generating activity we intend to use already youth trained in carpentry to put up a wood workshop and expand our youth involvement through intensifying computer skills development and fashion and design programs.

v Provide revolving loans to members and motivation through Mary go rounds and home visits.

v Fundraising through membership contribution and proposal writing.

 

LESSON LEARNT AND CHALLENGES

· Lack of good youth recreational facilities at the centre

· Members expectations are many and you can not meet all, this turns into demands.

· Always its good to recruit equal number of men and women or else men have attendance of dominating, recruiting members should be on quality not quantity to the community.

· Explaining our vision, mission and objective to members clearly, these helps members relax, digest what you want and expect from them, this also helps in clearing their excitement.

· Every member has his/her own pace at which they develop some droop out some are on greet transition, its is important to recruit more members thus its important to note each members unique way and needs specific attention .

· Motivation is important this is in form of incentives, training and exposure.

· It's important to incorporate every one in the planing for all idea's help in implementation.

· Being flexible enough to adjust the plan time to time as these checks the whole system and improves the performances and the expected results.