Dream Achievers Youth Organization

Dream Achievers Youth Organization is rated 3 out of 5 in the category nonprofit organization management. Read and write reviews about Dream Achievers Youth Organization. Dream Achievers Youth Organization (DAYO) was founded in 2005 as a theatre performing outfit by young people who saw the need of using art to raise awareness on the issues affecting adolescents and young people in Mtopanga area of Mombasa. Due to the increased need to expand its area of intervention, it was later registered as a community based organization (CBO) founded in 2009. Our vision is a community where the youth are free from poverty and diseases and our mission is to build capacity and response by preventing and reducing the risks of economic situations among the youth in the region. To realize this vision, our interventions are anchored on four main thematic pillars. These are; education, health, livelihood and social justice. Our core values include; Integrity and professionalism; Transparency and accountability; Equality and equity; Compassion and Team work. We are governed by an advisory board of five members drawn from the community of Mtopanga. Our management is composed of the Executive Director, who is also the secretary to the advisory board. The Executive Director is assisted by the Programs Coordinator and the Finance and Admin Officer. DAYO has a total of 7 staff and a pool of volunteers who assist in the daily operations of the organization. Our achievements so far have been increasing the literacy levels of pupils in APBET (Alternative Providers of Basic Education and Training) schools in Mombasa through the Tusome Early Literacy Activity. We’ve also managed to train and mentor over 200 youth in entrepreneurial and life skills, some of whom have accessed seed capital and started their own businesses. We’ve also managed to develop policy brief on access to sexual reproductive health and rights by learners with disability, a summary of the Kenya School Health Policy 2018 and the Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health Policy 2015. The objective is to increase young people’s understanding of the policy documents that address their SRHR needs for