With businesses and learning institutions not willing to offer job opportunities to people who have been in conflict with the law, it makes sense to invest in social enterprises.
Hawi James Ouma believes that there is infinite power in reading. After getting a job as an untrained children’s TV Producer, Hawi James began going to schools to promote reading. After meeting the first 100 boys in juvenile prison, he quit his job in order to focus on breaking boys out of prison through transformative justice.
Now, Lifesong Kenya has become a pivotal organization that provides restorative justice, transitional housing and aftercare support to boys and young men who need a second chance. Our inspiration is based on our drive to provide tangible solutions to young men. Of course, we are borrowing from Father Greg Boyle’s Homeboy Industries model. Our desire is to grow a workforce that will use their creativity to create streams of income for our exceptional young men and organization.
For that to happen, we need the following resources and tools:-
Here are the social enterprises that we are planning to engage in:-
Repurposing Bottles
Camping
Bicycle Repair
Cyclotourism
Organic Farming
Roadside Hotel
Milk Products
Fish Deliveries
Become a Lifesong Kenya Patron and be one of the building blocks of a disenfranchised young man’s future.
We will use your money wisely, and every little bit counts.
Give your donation today and help boys and male youth who need coaching, education, transformative justice and halfway housing to get the tools they need to heal and recover from stigma and trauma.
