GLY envisions an empowered youth generation that commands respect in the society with hope for a better tomorrow The youths were jobless and idle.
Ghetto Light Youth (GLY) is a volunteer community based organization (CBO). The group is composed of young people aged between 4-35 years. These are mostly orphans; victims of AIDS pandemic. Others are former street children and school leavers/drop outs. The organization was formed in August 2003 out of a regular Saturday club meeting that was led by Milcah Mukami who then worked for an organizati
on that dealt with education sponsorship. The children used to share about their lives presenting their situation for prayer needs. It was from this that Milcah realized that the commonest problem among the children and the youths was lack of food. This had forced many youths in to committing social crimes such as prostitution and theft (‘Ngeta’). After a series of brainstorming with the youths as participants, it was agreed that the youths could actually empower themselves by identifying viable and sustainable projects that they could engage in to generate income. In the year 2005, January, Ghetto Light youth was registered as non profit organization under the ministry of Gender, sports, culture and social services. Milcah then approached Uzima Foundation so that they may involve the Ghetto Light Youth in their youths programme. This was accepted and Uzima has played a very important role in offering training to youths. The Youths settled for making manure from organic garbage that was a menace in their areas of residence. They managed to make up to one ton of manure after getting training on the same by Organic Solutions, where they were trained on the use of Effective Micro-organism (E.M) technology. This was boosted by the fact that the chairman, Abel Wafula, had just graduated from a local university and was therefore well conversant with Organic farming and E.M technology. Challenges arose and the technical team decided to postpone the venture until these challenges were fully dealt with. The problems were equipment, safety clothing and space. Many organizations had been approached but only one had shown positive response; Tana and Athi River Development authority (TARDA). Meanwhile, the organization continues with the other activities in the spiritual and social spheres and even economic empowerment where it has grown and collaborated with many organizations including Uzima Foundation, Homecare Spiritual Fellowship, Global Action (Now Tirzah International) and The Church of Ecclesia, U.S.A.
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