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Craft Silicon, Red Cross in partnership to empower youths in Nairobi slums

Craft Silicon Foundation has partnered with Kenya Red Cross in identifying Kenyan youth in Nairobi slum areas to train in ICT skills that will empower them economically.

Craft Silicon Foundation Chief Executive Officer Priya Budhabhatti said the majority of slum dwellers depend on manual jobs to earn a living and there is an urgent need to innovate other ways of self-sustenance to mitigate the spike in criminal cases due to lack of daily earnings.

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