The Murang'a Youth Bunge County Forum CBO is a youth-owned, youth-led, youth-managed youth network that advocates for positive youth development through meaningful youth engagement in all community processes. The over 500-strong affiliate youth groups lead grassroots community service projects and development initiatives in the peri-urbane county of Murang'a in Kenya. Encouraging and supporting yo
uth to form registered self-help groups (youth bunges) through which they can associate and serve their communities.
2. Build the capacities of the youth bunge membership through knowledge sharing so as to empower them to exercise raised youth voice as well as to allow them build their their civic leadership skills.
3. Empower youth economically through community financial literacy programs, business management training as well as continued resource mobilization through the Murang'a County Bunge Savings and Credit Cooperative Society Ltd which offers affordable credit to our members.
4. Championing for the inclusion of marginalized groups within society, especially in striving for gender mainstreaming in all community processes. The Youth Network works with various international non-governmental organizations in leading community owned projects especially around positive youth development, governance and inclusion, agriculture, basic-education, environment, energy and climate within Murang'a County. All our projects leverage the ingenuity, focus and zeal of rural youth who continue to volunteer at the grassroots. The Murang'a Youth Bunge County Forum CBO is affiliated to the National Youth Bunge Association (Kenya) which is the national caucus for like county forums in Kenya.
