About Us
Our story starts way back in 2015, when Youth Changers Kenya was founded.
Youth Changers Kenya (YCK) is a community-based organization that was founded in 2015 to promote sexual reproductive health and rights and to address systemic issues of sexual violence among adolescent girls and young women from rural and peri-urban areas.
YCK’s work with girls and young women strives to provide the knowledge and skills necessary to pursue education, participate in policy spaces, delay pregnancy, make informed choices, and build self-confidence. At the same time, YCK strategically engages with key gatekeepers to build a strong collaboration aimed at developing a more equitable justice system for sexual violence against girls and women.
YCK has five thematic areas of focus: sexual violence advocacy and education, economic empowerment, girls’ education, sexual reproductive health and rights, and research.
While maintaining a national focus, YCK’s focus was honed in Kakamega, Vihiga, Kiambu, and Nairobi counties, owing to increased rates of SRHR violations in the areas.
OUR VISION
A Healthy and Violence-Free Society
MISSION
To reduce sexual violence and increase access to reproductive health through education, advocacy, and strategic partnership with adolescent girls and young women in rural and peri-urban areas in order to achieve a world free from all forms of violence.
CORE VALUES
Commitment
Diversity and Inclusion
Collaboration
Collective Care
Creativity and Innovation
Our Model
Empower adolescent girls and young women aged 10-28 years from rural and peri-urban areas.
Empower adolescent girls and young women aged 10-28 years from rural and peri-urban areas.
Employ participatory and creative approaches in our interventions.
Sexual Violence Advocacy and Education, Economic Empowerment, Girls’ Education, Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights and Research.
