IKSDP-NYANDIWA CREATIVE CENTRE

The idea of the establishment of a Centre where community members could artistically express themsevls and benefit economically from their increbidble talents came to IKSDP Manager Margaret Akiniy Ongombeh, Brownsea Foundation Manager Antonio Labate and an extremely talented artist of the area, Willis Ochieng Jacktone. 

 

The Creative Centre is a long-lasting initiative that wants to function as an example for the whole community and in particular for its most vulnerable groups. Special attention is given to women and youth. The former are often excluded from the economic environment and have a marginal role in the management of their families due to strong economic dependence from their men counterpart; the latter are instead the new and fresh labor force that needs guidance and support in searching for a profitable and healthy profession. 

 

There is a need for the community members to gain self-confidence, to become aware of the power and potential of their talents, to identify new and original economic activities, to identify new sources of income and to prove themselves economically independent. The collective nature of the group will facilitate its members in the search for new markets, in accessing economies of scale, in the financing of transportation, in saving resources through the sharing of materials, in strengthening their visibility and in identifying any further common needs.

 

The Creative Centre self-help group works as a cooperative, where part of the income is reinvested in the group itself. The strength of the group lies in its autonomous decisional power to establish the most suitable and useful organizational structure and procedures.

 

The initiative aims at supporting and stimulating an original and creative source of income, enhancing business diversification in the market and at the same time empowerment of the community.