KBN Helping Hands and Wellness Foundation implements youth skilling in Uganda by embedding practical and vocational capacity building directly within its Youth Empowerment and Disability tracks, focusing on transforming vulnerable youth into self-reliant entrepreneurs.

How we do it

The foundation executes its youth skilling strategy through several operational methods;

Agribusiness and commercial farming shifting: Through projects like The Women Agro-Farm Project (TWAFP), the foundation trains young women and youth outposts in rural Nakaseke to shift from subsistence farming to commercial agribusiness, providing them with the technical land-use and crop-management skills.

 

Inclusive skilling for youth with disabilities: KBN partners with national platforms, such as the National Disability Symposium to advocate for and connect youth living with disabilities to specialized technical resources, vocational growth opportunities and tailored institutional skilling programs.

 

Vocational guidance and linkage: The foundation works alongside community structures to link youth particularly adolescent girls, teenage mothers and orphans to practical mentorships and technical training opportunities to secure economic self-sufficiency.

 

Junior career and entrepreneurship readiness: Via its Kampala-based Empower and Excel Junior Mentorship track, KBN provides youth with financial literacy training, professional goal-mapping, structured career guidance workshops, life planning and the basic entrepreneurial steps needed to manage small businesses.

 

Community and academic linkages: The organization utilizes student volunteer links from institutions like Kyambogo University to conduct community workshops. These sessions link vulnerable school dropouts and orphans to local technical skilling network.