Community Hub
Peer learning for young mothers: beauty and fashion skills taught by the young mothers who went to technical school.
The idea
A community hub where the skills go round.
Beauty and fashion skills, taught by the young mothers who went to technical school.
A community HUB that creates a learning opportunity for other young moms to learn beauty and fashion skills.
It works like a peer learning session. The young moms we took to technical school come to teach other young moms in the community, so the skills travel because the people who hold them are the ones teaching.
Who teaches
The young moms who went to technical school
They are the ones teaching now. The skills came into the organisation with them, and they go back out to other young moms in the community.
What we do
What community hub actually involves
Peer teaching
The young mothers who went to technical school come back and teach, so the skills stay in the community that produced them.
Beauty and fashion skills
Practical training the young mothers asked for, and that other young mothers in the community can learn.
A learning hub
A community space where learning happens between peers, rather than as a service delivered to them.
Technical school
Young mothers are supported into technical school, and those who take it further come back to teach the hub.
What it has produced
Every figure below carries the period it covers.
- young mothers returned to school2025–26
- 19
- young women given start-up capital2025–26
- 23
- safe space, Dada Space, Kiberasince 2024
- 1
In their words
What changed
What it costs
KSh 250,000 funds a full term of Dada Space
- KSh 500
- school materials for one girl for one term
- KSh 2,500 / month
- psychosocial support for one young mother
- KSh 10,000
- a share of start-up capital for one young woman
- KSh 50,000
- a full re-entry package for one girl
Fund a re-entry
Fees, materials, a year of mentorship and follow-through. Paid directly to the school, tracked to completion.
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Where we work
Partner schools
What else we run
19 returned to school
School Re-entry
Mentorship, school fees and advocacy that walk a young mother back into education.
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23 funded
Economic Empowerment
Financial literacy, business mentorship and start-up capital for young women.
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Running since 2024
Dada Space
Safe spaces for girls aged 9–16 to learn, connect and grow.
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