KEYD Project
KILIMANJARO EMPOWERMENT FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT:
KEYD is one of the two core initiatives under Afrikas Engleborn, started in August 2024, with a mission to uplift and empower vulnerable youth in the Kilimanjaro region. Through KEYD, we equip young girls and boys with practical, income-generating skills that pave the way for independence, dignity, and a sustainable future.
We offer vocational training in the beauty industry, focusing on makeup artistry, hair braiding, and professional styling—fields where creativity meets entrepreneurship. These skills not only build confidence but also open up real opportunities for self-employment and financial empowerment.
Beyond vocational training, KEYD places a strong emphasis on environmentally sustainable practices. We promote organic farming techniques, including drip irrigation to conserve water and compost making to enhance soil health without harmful chemicals. These methods are designed to address food security and encourage responsible stewardship of natural resources.
As passionate climate champions, we also advocate for and lead tree planting initiatives—from fruit trees that contribute to food sustainability, to shade trees that support a healthier local ecosystem. Through community awareness and active participation, we aim to foster a generation that understands the urgent need to care for our planet.
KEYD is more than a training center—it’s a movement toward youth empowerment, climate action, and community resilience.
20+
Girls Trainned
150
Trees planted
17
Demo Gardens Established
4
Schools and Women Groups Engaged
Capacity builing Training for Village community banks members in Remiti Village.
Programs at KEYD
Kilimanjaro Empowerment of Youth Development (KEYD) is a community-driven initiative under Afrikas Engleborn, dedicated to providing underprivileged young people—especially those facing economic and social vulnerability—with life-changing opportunities through skill-building and environmental education.
🎯 Program Goals:
- Equip youth with marketable skills for self-reliance
- Promote green practices that enhance community sustainability
- Encourage youth-led climate action and environmental responsibility
Climate Champions and the Participatory Action Research (PAR) Working Group.
with climate change intensifying bringing longer dry seasons, declining soil fertility, and the loss of natural forest, the community has been grappling with difficult choices for survival.
💄 Beauty & Hair Training Program (Youth Skills & Income Generation)
This branch of KEYD focuses on empowering young girls and boys with hands-on training in the beauty and grooming industry — a field with high demand and relatively low entry barriers.
Whats Offered.
Makeup artistry (bridal, special events, and everyday styles)
Hair braiding and styling (traditional and modern techniques)
Customer service & hygiene training.
Business basics (pricing, client retention, marketing)
Digital Marketing Skills
Skills learning.
Simple Makeup
Impact:
These trainings help participants start their own small businesses or find employment in salons, thereby enabling them to earn a consistent income, support their families, and develop confidence and self-worth.
🌿 Sustainable Agriculture & Organic Farming
Recognizing the growing need for climate-smart farming, KEYD provides education and hands-on training in environmentally sustainable agricultural practices that are both productive and eco-conscious.
What’s Covered:
Organic farming methods (no harmful chemicals).
Drip irrigation systems to reduce water waste and maximize efficiency.
Compost making using organic waste to improve soil health.
Crop planning and kitchen gardening for food secu6ity.
Impact:
This program equips youth and community members with tools to grow their own food, reduce dependency on commercial agriculture, and take part in food sovereignty. It also instills respect for natural cycles and long-term environmental care.
Tree Planting campaign
Understanding the need for greener spcaes, we have commited ourselves to trees planting both in schools and community. Our campaigin aims at building the culture of trees planting and understanding the importance of trees through education provision
What’s Covered:
Fruits and Shade tree planting.
Fruits and Shade trees nursery management.
Climate action awareness bulding among youth and community members.
Impact:
This program aims restoring green spaces while also providing knowledge and awareness among community members especially youth. Proviing and planting trees in the partiner communities aiming to achieve sustainable goal 13 Climate change.
Our Green House.
To ensure the success of the trees planting campaign and sustainable farming practises in Schools we needed a place where we can produce our own seedlings for both trees and vegitables. So far we have been able to provide seedlings, keep learning through trial and error but the most important is that, the greenhouse has been source of motivation through seeing things becoming to life up to the point we give them out to the community.
Whats Offered.
Vegitable Seeds eg, Chinese Spinach, Leshuu etc.
Tree seedlings both fruits and shade trees.
Inschools fruit trees planting to increase nutrious sources in school meals.
Community shade trees planting abd fruit trees.
Mdodoma Tree Seedlings
Papaya fruits Seedlings
From Our Greenhouse to the Community
Location
Ushirka wa Neema
Moshi, Kilimanjaro
Tanzania
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