Empowerment is the degree of autonomy and self-determination in people and in communities. This enables them to represent their interests in a responsible and self-determined way, acting on their own authority. It is our process of becoming stronger and more confident, especially in controlling one’s life and claiming one’s rights. Empowerment as action refers both to the process of self-empowerment and to professional support of people, which enables them to overcome their sense of powerlessness and lack of influence, and to recognize and use their resources.

VCDK Methods :

• Capacity building
• Advocacy
• Awareness creation and campaigns
• Mentorship
• Political participation
• Economic empowerment
• WOMEN , YOUNG GIRL

We creates programs focused on enhancing the advocacy and leadership skills of women leaders, thereby increasing their ability to effectively participate in conflict mitigation, economic development, political processes, and civil society. VCDK’s programs are rooted in a Training-of-Trainers (ToT) model through which we build local ecosystems with partners that foster the empowerment of women and girls.  We access to communities information for human rights especially young girls   and worker with women and girls in development communities. We empowering Women to Lead Change is designed to support the development of young women’s skills and to enable them to provide leadership on the issues that concern them. It offers engaging and dynamic activities to motivate and enable young women to believe in their abilities to catalyse change and to mobilize others to do the same. communities  need to have speakers who have faced different challenges in life and emerged from them successfully. their miss information because of place of residence, education and wealth quintile and culture

Work plan:

• Maternal mortality rates in some regions are unacceptably high.
• Misconception
• Violence against women and girls is alarmingly prevalent.
• Unpaid care and domestic work restrict women’s economic and personal well-being.
• Extreme poverty
• Gender base violence
• Family matters
• Drop out of schools
• Sexual harassment
• Unplanned pregnancies for teenagers

ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY

Economic Sustainability curriculum equips communities with the knowledge to take on larger roles in financial management, understand and access financial resources, and grow their own businesses through education in entrepreneurship and budgeting. VCDK partners with financial institutions in order to increase the sustainability of community  wealth and ensure their inclusion in lasting economic development. Disabled  Kenya helps to group them into disease-related groups and train them for entrepreneurship and empowerment through in-depth training and to find sponsors based on what they can do. People with disabilities and their family members participate in groups to resolve common problems, enhance their individual strengths, and improve their quality of life.

Creation of groups for generation of income i.e.

• Table banking,
• Monthly contribution,
• Beadwork ,
• Small scale farming
• Loans and saving