{"id":408,"date":"2026-07-24T11:12:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T11:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amkenifoundation.org\/?page_id=408"},"modified":"2026-07-24T13:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T13:29:08","slug":"youth-empowerment-livelihood","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/amkenifoundation.org\/?page_id=408","title":{"rendered":"Youth Empowerment &#038; Livelihood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light\" style=\"min-height:100vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center is-image-fill-element\" style=\"grid-template-columns:56% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1008\" height=\"490\" src=\"https:\/\/amkenifoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-17-at-8.43.28-PM-5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-474 size-full\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amkenifoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-17-at-8.43.28-PM-5.jpeg 1008w, https:\/\/amkenifoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-17-at-8.43.28-PM-5-300x146.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/amkenifoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-17-at-8.43.28-PM-5-768x373.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/amkenifoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-17-at-8.43.28-PM-5-600x292.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1008px) 100vw, 1008px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:32px\">Youth empowerment &amp; Livelihood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:17px\">The <strong>Youth Empowerment and Livelihood Program<\/strong> is designed to equip marginalized youth, refugees, host community members, and orphans with practical knowledge, and entrepreneurial opportunities that enable them to become self-reliant, innovative, and economically independent. The program seeks to address unemployment, poverty, and limited access to skills development by providing pathways to sustainable livelihoods and decent work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond technical skills training, the program provides mentorship, coaching, and life-skills development through peer-to-peer learning workshops, seminars, and community engagement activities. Participants are guided by experienced mentors and successful entrepreneurs who inspire them to build confidence, develop leadership abilities, make informed career choices, and become positive role models within their communities.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light\" style=\"min-height:439px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center is-image-fill-element\" style=\"grid-template-columns:56% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"497\" src=\"https:\/\/amkenifoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-17-at-8.43.26-PM-4-1024x497.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-466 size-full\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amkenifoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-17-at-8.43.26-PM-4-1024x497.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/amkenifoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-17-at-8.43.26-PM-4-300x146.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/amkenifoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-17-at-8.43.26-PM-4-768x373.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/amkenifoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-17-at-8.43.26-PM-4-1536x746.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/amkenifoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-17-at-8.43.26-PM-4-600x291.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/amkenifoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-17-at-8.43.26-PM-4.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:32px\">why this program?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:17px\">Through this initiative, Amkeni Foundation envisions empowered young people who possess the confidence, skills, and resources needed to secure meaningful employment, create businesses, support their families, and become agents of positive change within their communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000000;font-size:17px\">We believe that empowering youth today is an investment in stronger, more resilient, and more prosperous communities tomorrow.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-408","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amkenifoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amkenifoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amkenifoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amkenifoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amkenifoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=408"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/amkenifoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":504,"href":"https:\/\/amkenifoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/408\/revisions\/504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amkenifoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}