About Us

CoWA is a local NGO in Kenya founded in 2000 that exists to innovatively to provide employability solutions through job placements, entrepreneurship development, financial deepening and TVET support programs targeting the unemployed youth of Kenya, thereby creating sustainable enterprises and enhancing workforce productivity. We are the founding member of the Network of Vocational Education Stakeholders in Kenya (KNVES), a body that supports public and private institutions, organizations, and companies implementing vocational training in Kenya. We also Founding member of AVSI foundation - International Italian Organization supporting education for Vulnerable children. CoWA has also be a strong champion of skills and works are East Africa resources in Kenya and Uganda for the last 6 years through ICEP-An Austria Funded NGO.

CoWA has specialized in job placements, out-of-school skills training, entrepreneurship development &financial deepening, and TVET support programs to reach youths living in informal settlements and marginalized areas in Kenya and Uganda. We work very closely with community-based organizations, local and international NGOs, private and public companies, and county and national government.