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AICAT 2020/2021 COHORT INTERVIEWS

enekesa — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 12:52:51 +0000

The Office of Career Services will hold interviews for students applicants interested in enrolling for the Arava International Centre for Agricultural Training (AICAT) 11-months agricultural diploma training on March 11^th and 12^th, 2020 at the 91�� Towers, 4^th floor. The 2020/2021 cohort will be the 4^th group of students to be admitted to the program.

The 91�� through the Career Office has been partnering with AICAT to offer hands on agricultural training to the College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences students since 2017. This is in line with the Big 4 agenda on agriculture and food security.

Based on the five year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Government of Kenya and the State of Israel, 91�� is expected to send two more cohorts of students to Israel in 2020 and 2021. The 2020 selection will be the fourth cohort of students to be sent to Israel in July 2020.

http://careerservices.uonbi.ac.ke/2020/02/28/aicat-2020-2021-cohort-interviews/

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91�� to Launch an International Research Project on Diaspora Humanitarianism in Complex Crises (D-Hum)

enekesa — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 13:09:04 +0000

The 91��, the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), the Rift Valley Institute (RVI), and Rako Research and Communication Centre based in Hargeisa, Somaliland, will launch a collaborative research project on Diaspora Humanitarianism in Complex Crises (D-Hum).

The Institute for Development Studies (IDS) at the 91�� will be implementing the research project in partnership these institutions. IDS will also be training three PhD students who have been competitively recruited to join the research project. The students will be trained at the 91��; and the University of Copenhagen in Denmark in the next four years.

The D-Hum research project will be launched at a workshop on Friday 28^th February 2020 at the 91�� Towers Room 401 at 9:30 am. The project focuses on Somalia and aims to analyze the mobilization, channeling, delivery and effects of diaspora humanitarianism with reference to Somali diaspora.

Based on fieldwork in Somalia, Kenya and Europe, the project examines the movements of goods, people and ideas, from crisis-affected areas, hubs for humanitarian agencies and diaspora activities, to settlement countries.

The overall research question for the project is: What kinds of assistance do Somali diaspora groups mobilize, channel and deliver to Somalia during complex crises and which social, material and technological infrastructures do they use or create in the process of doing so?

The launch comes in the wake of D-HUM workshop, which took place at the Lake Naivasha Simba Lodge from 24^th to 27^th February 2020. The Institute was represented by Prof Karuti Kanyinga, IDS Director and Dr George Michuki, IDS Research Fellow. Dr. Nauja Kleist and Dr. Peter Albrecht represented the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS). Dr. Mohamed Adam represented the Rako Centre while Dr. Mark Bradbury represented the Rift Valley Institute (RVI).

D-Hum is funded by the Consultative Research Committee for Development Research (FFU) under Denmark’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Danida). It is coordinated by Dr. Nauja Kleist, DIIS.

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Universities urged to lead in Sustainable youth-centered projects

enekesa — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 08:32:39 +0000

There are 6Million jobless youth in the villages in Kenya and according to the trends this number will double in a few years. Governments, private sector and universities are all grappling with the issue of the rising number of youth unemployment/ graduate unemployment in different parts of the globe. If only there is a solution to this issue that has affected economies and development.

This was the focus of the discussion when a team from USAID paid a courtesy call on the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Stephen Kiama on Tuesday Feb 25, 2020.

Michelle Chen, USAID’s Director for Education and Youth office, emphasized on the importance of institutions of higher learning to think differently when it comes to this issue of youth unemployment. She explained that the USAID has evolved its thinking as they grapple with the different issues in the world. She challenged the universities starting with the 91�� to innovatively find ways to reach out to that jobless youth in the village. She urged the universities to provide a channel and system for mentoring institutions like the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVETs).

On his part, Prof. Kiama took up the challenge and reflected that the 91�� as a mother university to several institutions in the country must lead in sustainable projects that will impact the society not only for now but for years to come. He noted that the University will amend its approach and perspective on how projects are handled and that the youth should and will be the most beneficiaries of any projects that are youth-centred.

Ms Chen concluded by urging institutions of higher learning to plug in the existing platforms already created to reach out to the youth and use them to involve the youth, consult and generate sustainable solutions. This, she said is the strategy that the USAID will employ for the next 5 years in their partnerships and projects.

The 91�� highlighted the Office of the Career Services that is handling Career guidance and counselling, the Elimika Youth Program that challenges the youth to use the knowledge gained to transform their lives and their community and RADA, the student developed app that focuses on reproductive health and mental health awareness for all university students.

Youth, university students, youth programs, USAID, 91�� partners

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AICAT 2020/2021 COHORT INTERVIEWS

91���� to Launch an International Research Project on Diaspora Humanitarianism in Complex Crises (D-Hum)

Universities urged to lead in Sustainable youth-centered projects

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91�� to Launch an International Research Project on Diaspora Humanitarianism in Complex Crises (D-Hum)