Youth work and opportunities projects which is executed by the ministry of public service, youth and gender, has been launched.
The commonwealth looks forward to young people, youth workers and those involved in commissioning, funding or leading youth work in their particular institutions and communities to engage in the activities.
The commonwealth secretariat defines youth work as all forms of right-based youth engagement approaches that build personal awareness and support the social, political and economic empowerment of young people.
According to the Kenya Youth Development Policy youth work involves skills and competencies development among the youth while enhancing their self-esteem, social connectedness, economic productivity, emotional and intellectual maturity and autonomy and supporting their self-empowerment within caring and supportive environment.
The role of youth work is therefore to ensure that they receive quality services from professionals, adequately funded and with comprehensive training of the practitioners and the affected youth work can benefit not just the young people but their institutions and their society.
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