FODDAJ Skills
FODDAJ Skills training centre - a bustling sewing classroom

FODDAJ Skills & Livelihoods Programme

Skills That
Build Futures

We train women and girls from displaced, refugee, and indigenous communities to earn their independence through vocational training, entrepreneurship, and education.

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500+
Women & Girls Trained
6
Vocational Skill Tracks
NITA
Accredited Programme
3+
Counties Reached
Maasai women in the FODDAJ Skills & Livelihoods community

We operate in Kajiado, Baringo, and across border communities - reaching populations where formal support systems have not reached.

Target Demographics

Targeted Reach
For Excluded Groups

Displacement by conflict, climate shocks, and early marriage severely restrict the economic autonomy of women and girls in our region. Our work concentrates precisely where formal support systems end.

We deliver vocational education, dedicated childcare support, and enterprise incubation to communities in Kajiado, Baringo, and cross-border areas. This comprehensive support structure addresses the multifaceted barriers participants face when rebuilding their livelihoods.

Maasai & Indigenous Communities
Refugees & Displaced Populations
Girls Escaping Early Marriage
Climate-Affected Households

Our Programmes

A Full Ecosystem
of Support

We walk alongside women and girls through training, income generation, and the systems that sustain them long after they leave our centre.

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Vocational Training

Skills & Livelihoods

Hands-on, NITA-accredited training in market-relevant vocational skills - delivered in a centre that is actively expanding to meet growing demand.

  • Tailoring & Dressmaking
  • Beauty & Hairdressing
  • Nursing Support
  • Digital Literacy
  • Childcare & Early Education
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Tailoring graduate displaying her entrepreneurship products
Economic Empowerment

Entrepreneurship & Self-Employment

A skill is the starting point. We provide the mentorship, capital, and networks that turn trained graduates into business owners who sustain themselves.

  • Business Mentorship
  • Startup Capital Access
  • Village Banking Groups
  • Job Placement & Linkages
  • Market Access Support
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Women participating in FODDAJ community integration session
Education Reintegration

Back to School & Skills for Girls

Scholarships, reintegration counselling, and trauma-aware support create structured pathways back into education for girls who lost schooling to early marriage, conflict, or poverty.

  • Scholarships for Dropouts
  • Back-to-School Programmes
  • Reintegration Counselling
  • Community Support Networks
  • Safe Learning Environments
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Beyond these three tracks, FODDAJ delivers nursing support training, beauty and hairdressing, girls education reintegration, and on-site childcare. See the full scope of our work.

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Theory of Change

How Change
Actually Happens

Our model operates across three deliberate phases, each building on the last. This is the mechanism behind the outcomes.

A mother attends FODDAJ training with her child - access by design
Reach
01

Find and Enroll

Structured outreach inside refugee settlements, Maasai communities, and displacement-affected households gets us in front of the right people. Enrollment is free. Childcare is provided on-site from day one. Every financial barrier is removed before training begins, because a woman who cannot afford a babysitter cannot attend class.

Tailoring instructor demonstrating pattern cutting - practical, hands-on delivery
Train
02

Certify and Equip

Six NITA-accredited tracks, delivered hands-on over structured cycles. Participants graduate with a nationally recognized certificate and a skill their community will pay for. Instruction happens at sewing machines, salon chairs, and clinical stations - practical from the first day, designed around market demand in the communities participants return to.

Graduate displaying her enterprise products - from training to business
Sustain
03

Build and Grow

Graduation marks a transition, not an end. Every cohort moves through structured mentorship, village banking group integration, startup capital linkages, and job placement support during the critical first year. Income generation takes more than a certificate - the sustained follow-up phase is where the economic change actually happens.

Full documentation of our programme design, monitoring framework, and graduate outcomes is available on request for prospective partners and funders.

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In the Field

Our Programme
in Action

All visual documentation depicts active training sites, confirmed curriculum execution, and enrolled scheme participants.

Beauty and hairdressing class in session
Two tailoring students working side by side
Nursing practical skills training session
Student in digital literacy and computer training
Tailoring student tracing pattern designs
FODDAJ programme cohort - community and shared values

In Their Own Words

What Changes
After FODDAJ

“

I gained tailoring and dressmaking skills. I am now running a tailoring shop together with my husband and the business is doing well. I am economically stable and we are able to provide for our family.

Programme Graduate

Tailoring & Dressmaking

“

From the FODDAJ programme I gained beauty and hairdressing skills, and I apply these skills in my business every day. I am now selling curtains, women's wear, and shoes. The skills I gained have helped me build my communication and confidence.

Programme Graduate

Beauty & Hairdressing

“

I am a salonist. I have greatly improved and am doing an amazing job. I have also referred several girls to learn at FODDAJ - and they have been learning and appreciating the experience.

Programme Graduate

Beauty & Hairdressing

Institutional Readiness

Built to Be a
Trusted Partner

Donors fund institutions. FODDAJ has built the governance, accreditation, monitoring systems, and partnership infrastructure that long-term funding relationships require.

The six pillars below describe current operations. Any due-diligence process will confirm them.

NITA Accreditation Certificate - FODDAJ Skills Training Centre

NITA Accredited

National Industrial Training Authority

Legal Standing

Registered CBO, Kenya
CBO Registration Authority
Annual External Audit
01

NITA-Accredited Training

Our vocational programme meets Kenya's national certification standard set by the National Industrial Training Authority. Every graduate earns a credential that carries weight with employers and licensing bodies.

02

Governance & Board Oversight

FODDAJ is governed by a Board of Directors with representation from the legal, financial, and community development sectors. Clear leadership accountability is built into our governance structure from the ground up.

03

Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning

We track graduate outcomes, employment rates, and enterprise formation across cohorts. Impact is measured against baselines, reported quarterly, and used to refine programme design.

04

Financial Transparency

Our financial systems meet donor-grade standards. Annual external audits are conducted, financial controls are enforced, and reporting follows established CBO accountability frameworks.

05

Infrastructure Investment

We are expanding our training facility to accommodate growing enrolment. Physical investment in infrastructure is a direct signal of community trust and long-term operational commitment.

06

Partnership-Ready Design

All programming is structured for consortium participation. We actively seek co-implementation partnerships and are designed to operate within larger coordinated networks where development challenges require collective action.

Partnership Enquiries Open

For organisations that fund
systems change.

FODDAJ is structured for long-term partnerships with foundations, bilateral agencies, and co-implementing organisations. Our governance, accreditation, and monitoring systems are built to meet donor due-diligence requirements.

Poverty in displaced communities is a structural problem. We are a structural response. The full documentation is ready.

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