SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
WHO WE ARE!
TEARS Group Kenya is a Non Governmental Organization based in Nakuru and operates within Rift Valley and parts of Kenya with collaborative partners. Founded in 2002 by a team of young performing artist.
TEARS: Theatre for Enhancement & Acceleration of Researched Solutions .
approaches such as performing arts, visual arts, focus group discussion, peer education among others to assist the communities to dialogue.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
As the community engage with the issues at hand, TEARS is able to harvest these and slowly start mapping out the issues as it seeks to seek ways of addressing them. Partnership and linkages plays a huge role is TEARS work as a catalyst since, the community is able to be linked to players in the community who can be able to assist the community to deal with the issues. The community members are able to be linked to and with potential service providers who are now able to continue the dialogue aimed towards reaching an amicable solution.
HOW WE WORK.
Our collaborators include both local and international players, the Government and private entity and most important of all-the community member.
Sustainable livelihood.
Through the TEARS Arts, Peace and skills Village (TAPEV), community members have been supported to enhance skills with a view to enhancing their livelihoods
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Our Vision
- Our Mission Statement
- TEARS Goals
TEARS Social Enterprise!
TEARS strive to transform and enhance the capacity of local communities to take charge and ownership in supporting the development initiative within their local communities. This is aimed through enhanced community ownership and partnership to community projects supported by different development partners and stakeholders including the Government and donor agency,
TEARS Social Enterprise Model.
As a model Organization for self sustainability ,TEARS has initiative income generating programs like fashion and clothing (school uniforms ,Bags ,casual wear) ,Events management and Organization ( through hire of services like Tents ,Chairs ,Music and Sound systems and Entertainment for corporate and public functions both targeting the community and the networking partners and Vocational Training services ( Entrepreneurship and creative Talents development). Currently TEARS program is open both to the economically fit and less fortunate in accessing equal services especially in the Training program (Computer, Music, Fashion and designing cloth line, Fine Arts .The Training Program assesses the capability of each client interested in accessing TEARS Training Programs and charges different fees, This has enabled TEARS to leverage on resources and income thus able to support more clients in accessing TEARS services and community transformation. This model seek to enhance TEARS partnership with other development partners supporting education, vocational training and enterprise development.
Partners Supporting this Social Enterprise include; Help Mission Development Services, Pangea (Giving for Global Change), Hewlett Packard, UNIDO among others.
TEARS Resources Contact Information
Old Bishop HouseCatholic Diocese of Nakuru, Moi Road
Nakuru, Kenya
Phone:
+254 722 – 867673
+254 720 – 697634
+254 202 – 130381
E-mail: info@tearsgroupkenya.org
Programs & Activities.
- Creative talent nurturing and development
- Life skills development
- Health education and advocacy
- Leadership and Team building
- Trainings
- Outreaches
Community Outreach!
As the community engage with the issues at hand, TEARS is able to harvest these and slowly start mapping out the issues as it seeks to seek ways of addressing themFollow Us
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