Call for Applications: The Sheria Ya Vijana Project Kenya 2025 Funds for Youth. The Sheria Ya Vijana (SYV) Project is a youth-centered initiative jointly funded by the European Union and implemented by Barnfonden in collaboration with WeWorld, Action for Sustainability Initiative (AFOSI), Organization of African Youth (OAY), Stretchers Youth Organization (SYO), and the Kenya Climate Innovation Center (KCIC).

SYV aims to empower, engage, and connect young people to drive Kenya’s green and digital transformation, fostering inclusive growth, innovation, and active civic participation. Through this consortium of civil society partners, the project will directly support 5,875 youth—with 60% women and 3% persons with disabilities—and indirectly reach over 1.8 million young people nationwide.

The initiative tackles persistent challenges affecting youth, such as unemployment, underemployment, and limited civic involvement. Although many young people have informal skills, more than half lack formal training in vital areas like digital skills, green economy, entrepreneurship, and leadership. Opportunities for mentorship, incubation, and internships remain especially limited for rural youth and persons with disabilities.

As the enterprise development lead, KCIC invites youth-led organizations, social enterprises, and youth networks located in Nairobi and Kwale counties to apply for program enrollment.

Applications are open from 19 November 2025 to 19 December 2025. After the evaluation period, applicants will be informed of their status. Successful candidates will receive official communication via email, followed by the signing of a letter of agreement with KCIC.

Applicants are encouraged to carefully review the full details and submit their applications before the specified deadline to seize this grant opportunity.

Last Date of Submission: 19^th December 2025

Application Process

(Call for Applications: The Sheria Ya Vijana Project Kenya 2025 Funds for Youth)

• All Applications must be submitted online through the Kenya Climate Innovation Center website Application portal on KCIC website between the 19th of November 2025 and 19th December 2025 at 8:00 PM (20:00) EAT (the “Application Window”).
• The Applicants must complete an application form by answering a series of mandatory questions.
• Personal information supplied in the application form such as names, addresses and date of birth should be verifiable.
• The Applicant must provide current correspondence address, email and telephone numbers and inform of any changes.
• Upon submission of the application form, an email confirming receipt will be sent to the Applicant.
• Once submitted, applications cannot be altered or amended.
• Review of applications will commence immediately, and shortlisting of Applicants will take place following the close of the Application Window on 19th December 2025 at 8:00 PM (20:00) EAT.
• The selection will be carried out by the selection committee through an independent application review process coordinated by the Kenya Climate Innovation Center using specified selection criteria to select the best qualified youth led and women organization.
• Any unauthorized contact with Kenya Climate Innovation Center outside official channels (website and official telephone contacts stated in the website) as stated in the guidelines regarding applications is forbidden and may be construed as soliciting or canvassing and therefore such applicants are subject to disqualification.

Eligibility Criteria

(Call for Applications: The Sheria Ya Vijana Project Kenya 2025 Funds for Youth)

Individuals – Youth (Any male or female between the ages of 18 – 29 years and persons with disabilities aged between 18-35 years of age) in Nairobi and Kwale Counties. Individuals who recognise opportunities to either improve their own existing enterprises or launch new enterprises to add-value or provide services in the broad value chains in renewable energy, nature based solutions, circular economy and sustainable agriculture.

Community based organization or Self-help group comprises community members who are registered under a Self-Help Group (SHG), Youth led- (Civil Society Organisations)CSOs, or a Community Based Organization CBO carrying out similar commercially viable business activities within the Green and Digital spaces. . Majority of the members (above 80%) must be youth (aged between 18-29 years and persons with disabilities aged between 18-35 years) with the main leadership positions being held by youth.

SMEs – Small and Medium Enterprises established with commercially viable business ideas within the renewable energy, nature based solutions, circular economy and sustainable agriculture value chains.

The Sheria ya Vijana program is open to all youth led enterprises operating in Kenya, Nairobi and Kwale Counties.

Applicants must be engaged in legal business and their enterprise is located within the Republic of Kenya from Nairobi or Kwale Counties.

All enterprises must be green and digitally smart.

The enterprise can be an early stage or growth stage unregistered/registered entity, with no specific year range of registration.

Due Diligence shall be carried out on the Successful Applicants to verify eligibility prior to any potential offer of a placement in the program. Applications that do not meet all or some of the eligibility criteria will not be accepted.

How to apply?

(Call for Applications: The Sheria Ya Vijana Project Kenya 2025 Funds for Youth)

County sensitization and awareness forums will be conducted in the respective counties in addition to the calls for applications. The applications will only be received online through the KCIC website.

Twenty (20) youth-led businesses per county will be onboarded to the Sheria ya Vijana program. KCIC will provide training, business advisory and technical assistance to enable youth to gain the requisite skills needed to scale their business enterprises. They will then be able to benefit from entrepreneurship opportunities available within their localities

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