Young People Picking Up the Pieces to regain their tracks in the Fight Against Poverty and Unemployment

Many young people in Western Kenya region are putting their life skills into use to help them fend for their families. However, economy is dwindling thus putting them in much desperate situation of selling their artifacts at a throw away price. According to the UN report on SDG 1 - No Poverty; Globally, the number of people living in extreme poverty declined from 36% in 1990 to 10% in 2015. But the pace of change is decelerating and the COVID-19 crisis risks reversing decades of progress in the fight against poverty. Poor Women and youth are most at risk during – and in the aftermath – of the pandemic, not only as a health crisis but as a devastating social and economic crisis over the months and years to come.

Women Business Hub is constantly working with indigent Women and Youth to continuously apply creative thinking, use digital technology as a market strategy to help their ideas and businesses to stay alive.