The Project Partners
The Entrepreneurship & Digital Transformation (DiT-ENT) Project Kenya comprises 7 International Partners from Kenya, Portugal, Sweden and Ireland.
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SPEL (Portugal) - Promoter
Founded in 1990, SPEL means “Society for the Promotion of School Establishments”.
It was constituted by a group of experienced teachers and psychologists that wanted to create schools that would implement a teaching approach targeted to the lowest socio-economic classes. The concept was to apply a specific and innovative pedagogic approach, complemented with high psychological and social support, both to the students and to their families.
2
The 4Civility Institute (Ireland)
The 4Civility Institute (Ireland) is dedicated to civility, ethics, alternative dispute resolution, mediation, restorative justice, behavioral transition and other behavioral issues. The Institute has considerable expertise in Workplace Relationships which are crucial to the growth and sustainability of SMEs and the well-being of the staff. The Institute provides best-practices skill sets, reporting tools and training in techniques to deal constructively with conflict in the workplace, to correct and build proper relationships and to move all participants to improve personally and professionally.
3
Citizen Initiatives (Sweden)
Citizen Initiatives (CI) empowers women, youth, children, and disadvantaged community to develop as individuals and enjoy new challenges through social action and volunteering whilst making a positive contribution to the Swedish community. Core activities are sports, conducting summer and winter camps, trips for disadvantage and migrants’ group, providing homework services for students. Additionally, CI focuses on young people and women living in the East African region, in Kenya.
4
Savanna Initiatives (Kenya)
Savanna Initiatives (SI) was founded in 2020 as a charity organization to increase opportunities for vulnerable and marginalized groups (VMGs) in Kenya, before officially being registered with the NGO Coordination Board in the year 2022. SI was established by national and international humanitarians who are passionate about improving livelihoods for VMGs including the elderly, the mentally, and physically disabled, at-risk children and youth, internally displaced people and returning refugees, HIV/AIDS- affected individuals and households, religious and ethnic minorities and, in some communities, women. We believe in a world where everyone flourishes and can live in a secure environment.
5
Vera Beauty and Fashion College (Kenya)
Vera Beauty and Fashion College is a TVETA-approved Technical and Vocational Training Institution, established in 1998 to address psychosocial and economic problems among young people in Kenya and with the sole aim of equipping the most promising students with the knowledge and skills in the key areas: Hair dressing, Beauty therapy and Fashion design & Creative Arts, Hospitality and Catering. VBC has a branch network spread across Kenya in the following regions; Nairobi, Thika, Mombasa, Meru and Eldoret. Our training enables our graduates to effectively work in both formal and informal settings, building their capacity to be able to create jobs among themselves.
6
National Chamber of Commerce (Kenya)
The Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry is registered as a not-for-profit private company limited by guarantee under the Companies Act Chapter 486 of the laws of Kenya. The Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI) is a membership-based trade support institution (TSI) working to protect commercial and industrial interests of Kenyan business community. KNCCI advocates for the creation of a favourable commercial, trade and investment environment that supports enterprise expansion. The membership of KNCCI constitutes small, micro enterprises (MSEs), medium and large enterprises.
7
Kua Zone Innovation College Limited (Kua Zone) (Kenya)
Empowering Young Minds, Igniting Futures......
Kua Zone seels to build a global community of children, young adults, and educators, fostering their growth as future innovators and entrepreneurs, to collectively shape a bright and prosperous future for all in areas of IT, including Virtual coding classes, robotics and IoT and entrepreneurship.
