Frequently Asked Questions.

1. How can village CAN Project effectively engage/empower village communities in Kenya to address climate change?
    For every cluster of 12villages, establish climate actors network leadership of apprentice-mentor+3student-apprentices
    Build market of 12 village climate actor network committees, 1200 households, 1200 food-foresters around leadership.
    Empower 12 village climate actor network committees, 1200 households, 1200 food-foresters from own loyalty-savings
    Establish climate-financing vehicles and smart-enterprise structures to inform time, space and partnership utilities
    Capacitate actors on activation processes: build-relationships, strategize-pathways, motivate-participation, take-action
2. What strategies will VillageCAN Project employ to ensure long term sustainability of student apprentice hub model?
    Loyalty-savings: mobilized off economies of scale and trade-discounts associated with centrally procured meal-stock
    Apprenticeship: paid-on-the-job-smart-skills-mentorship, classroom-instructions, and deployment in at least 4 villages
    Entrepreneurship: on 12 eco/agro value-chains: Carbon-Horticulture-Energy-Water-Retail-Waste-Apiculture-Food crops-Poultry-Aquaculture-Meat-Dairy and 7 climate-financing vehicles: Trust-House-Invest-Smartstock-Insure-Skills-IT
    Employment: opportunities in climate-finance, smart-enterprises, consultancies, workforce-institute, joint-ventures.
    Consultancy: on professional and managerial skills for emerging village smart-enterprises and climate-finance vehicles
    Representation: village smart-enterprises that are initiated, governed, led, and managed by student apprentices.
    Membership: in Climate Investment Alliance (CIA) on youth-service, climate-service, climate-action, climate-marketing
    Skills-gap analysis: evaluate village-market skills demand-gaps based on chosen career and how to bridge-gaps
    Career-discovery: explore-occupations, know-competencies for job success, and find career that meets your goal.
    Resume-creation: Build an effective CV based on data provided by thousands of job-holder apprentice-mentors.
3. How can VillageCAN app and loyalty program incentivize participation and increase climate finance mobilization?
    Access smart-stock advances: Weekly centrally procured meal/kiosk-stock advances, offset by loyalties
    Centrally procure Own Meal Needs: A-Z of consumables e.g. milk, oils, flours, sugar, rice, beans, etc.
    Profile collective loyalty-savings history: Secures bank overdraft and trade-credit facilities.
    Afford BDS: 40%loyalties is teller, rent, curricula, data-base, website, fintech, licenses, withholding-tax
    Climate-Investments: 60%loyalties is advance, stipend, smart-enterprise, and climate-finance vehicles
    Gain Bargaining Power: High scores on 4Is: Investment-Infrastructure-Involvement-Influence.
4. How can VillageCAN app be designed to make it user friendly and accessible to off grid village communities?
    Inbuilt secure teller assisted options: Smart meals or Kiosks subscribers assisted by dedicated tellers
    Embedded on sim tool-kit of popular Telcos: explore partnerships with Telcos and embed app solution
    Availability on multiple platforms: avail on BOTH app stores as well as USSD version
5. What strategies can ensure SAH Program provide meaningful learning and mentorship opportunities for participants?
    Effectively equipped classroom-instruction labs and accelerator hubs with skilled personnel/ equipment
    Attaining a lean mentor to mentees ratio being 1:3 respectively for effective mentorship and coaching
    Paid-on-the-job-skills training opportunities under close guidance and supervision of a skilled employee
    Networking with blue-chip consultancies and premier learning institutions for classroom-instructions