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YSMEG KENYA is a non-profit community based organization that serves the needs of teen mums within the poor slum of kibera (aged15-35) and their families.  We provide counseling services and try to create job opportunities for them to keep them busy and be of value to the society and live dignified life style and other recreational and developmental activities for women and youths who would not otherwise have such opportunities, supporting teen mums who are 'at risk' or experiencing some form of disadvantage in their life as whole.

YSMEG KENYA is a non-profit community based organization that serves the needs of teen mums within the poor slum of kibera (aged15-35) and their families.  We provide counseling services and try to create job opportunities for them to keep them busy and be of value to the society and live dignified life style and other recreational and developmental activities for women and youths who would not otherwise have such opportunities, supporting teen mums who are 'at risk' or experiencing some form of disadvantage in their life as whole.

Young Single mothers self help group is both local women focused and pro- poor network that is comprised of over 22 young women-individuals. Specifically the initiative is currently based in Kianda Village within the kibera poor slum area. Ysmeg was founded as a response to the inadequate visibility of voiceless young women in job procurement and development processes i.e. decision making forums which directly impact them and their communities. Its genesis was demand driven and the main vision behind the organization was to train young people on Basic skills in computing and set up cyber café with bureau services I e printing, typing, photocopying, document binding and other services, bead work and also to build a strong young women’s movement that bridged the latter gap through women led and community driven interventions that focused on sustainable development. The organization continues to hold a vision in which women and their children are able to participate effectively in their own development, while the organization’s mission is to provide vocational training in order to facilitate grassroots women to procure self employment in their community to effectively in holistic sustainable development processes in all spheres of life that is social and economic also to be able to sponsor the young children from the teen age mothers to a quire basic education. The project is located in Kibera poor slum with a population ranging from 250,000 to one  million according to the last government count 2009, each house currently occupied by at least four to seven members of each family, the mad houses are small as 10 by 10, the major problem is lack of employment among the young women and  youths in general and more problem to the teen age mothers whom could not support their children to school  to acquire basic education and even feed them, this has forced many young ladies to survive on their bodies sale i.e. prostitution which is dangerous to their health due  to high rate of  illiteracy and something needs to be done in order to reduce this problem, Due to lager population and unemployment in the region many young women and the youths have engaged themselves in bad activities like prostitution ,drags, rape and stealing/mugging which has made the place to be volatile to the people leaving there.