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Kanybek’s Successful Bakery in Juba is expanding its business
Kanybek deals in agriculture, they cultivate cassava, maize, and sorghum. They also have a bakery in Juba with one of the cheapest prices in the city which puts their business in a unique competitive position.
Women Led Cooperative Transforming their Agricultural business through Value-Addition
Kuru-Ko Wate Women’s Self Help is one of the cooperative groups that FYI has worked with and helped transform through the Fresh Vegetables and Spice Processing Capacity Building Project.
Business Boot camp: Empowering Young People to Unlock Their Potential
On the 12th of January 2021, Foundation for Youth Initiative and Whittaker’s Peace and Development Initiative jointly organized a Business boot camp pool of trained youth in Central Equatoria State in South Sudan.
KEDA: Taking Advantage of a Global Pandemic to Upscale their Peanut Paste Production
During this current COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses have been impacted adversely but due to planning ahead, the KEDA group managed to increase their production.
USADF C.A.R.E.S Success Story: Akari Development Association
The USADF launched the USADF C.A.R.E.S COVID-19 -19 Program to build resilience among African enterprises and entrepreneurs while combating COVID-19 -19 IN Africa. See ADA’s Success story here.
FYI’s Origins
Mr Albino Gaw Dar, co-founded Foundation for Youth Initiative in 2011 with the purpose to create a platform that can enable young people to fully participate in the development processes of a new nation, South Sudan. Albino grew up In a village, schooled in refugee camps, studied sociology and worked for the public institutions.
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FYI’s Origins
Mr Albino Gaw Dar, co-founded Foundation for Youth Initiative in 2011 with the purpose to create a platform that can enable young people to fully participate in the development processes of a new nation, South Sudan. Albino grew up In a village, schooled in refugee camps, studied sociology and worked for the public institutions. This exposure gives him a deep sense of curiosity and eagerness to understand the people and the world around him. This happened at first through local customs, values, and roles, later through travelling to different regions as a refugee. As of today, he is currently working as a social development specialist- advocating for building future business leaders and successful bureaucrats in the country.
His inspiration to start his own NGO was born out of frustration over years, trailing back to 2005, when South Sudan became an autonomous region following the signing of Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) between the Sudan People Liberation Movement/ Army (SPLM/A) and National Congress Party of the Sudan Government which resulted in the formation of the government of South Sudan…
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In partnership with Haggar Foundation, Foundation for Youth Initiative is inviting applications from locally established small and medium enterprises in South Sudan. A successfully selected applicant will receive seed capital up to $5,000 to support activities that...
Kanybek’s Successful Bakery in Juba is expanding its business
Kanybek deals in agriculture, they cultivate cassava, maize, and sorghum. They also have a bakery in Juba with one of the cheapest prices in the city which puts their business in a unique competitive position.
Women Led Cooperative Transforming their Agricultural business through Value-Addition
Kuru-Ko Wate Women’s Self Help is one of the cooperative groups that FYI has worked with and helped transform through the Fresh Vegetables and Spice Processing Capacity Building Project.
Business Boot camp: Empowering Young People to Unlock Their Potential
On the 12th of January 2021, Foundation for Youth Initiative and Whittaker’s Peace and Development Initiative jointly organized a Business boot camp pool of trained youth in Central Equatoria State in South Sudan.
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