Mombasa scales workforce training program following media coverage

Radio Rahma, a local station in coastal Kenya broadcasting in Swahili that took part in SJN’s Africa Initiative, reported on a training program that was started at the Mvita sub-county level to fight crime. The success of the program, which teaches technical skills to young people in need of opportunities, and the broad distribution of the solutions-focused story (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radiorahma/episodes/Mradi-wa-Skills-Mtaani-waboresha-elimu-kwa-Vijana-Mombasa-e1pimll) about it, spurred demand throughout Mombasa County. As a result, the county government resolved to roll out the job skills program countywide. Neighboring counties, including Kwale and Kilifi, have now sent delegations to learn more about the project with a view to initiating it in their counties.