The Health and Economic Development Strategy Organization (HEDSO) is a Community Based Organization registered in 2021 August. HEDSO focuses on the development of young people and general community members living in Western Kenya. We strive to make a positive difference in the lives of youth, women, and the general community by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth, improving their health standards, economic development, ecosystem conservation, and career success. HEDSO implements programs in four key thematic pillars of ; • Health and Well-Being: To promote the well-being and gender equity of young people in society. Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) To empower women, girls, and all individuals at risk of exclusion within the communities • Economic Empowerment and Livelihood: To enhance the skills and capacities of youth and women to promote sustainable and decent livelihoods. • Environmental Mitigation and Climate Change Action: HEDSO focuses on youth and women’s involvement in conservation, climate change, and how it impacts youth, women, and communities. • Disability Inclusion: This is to improve the quality of life of individuals with disabilities by providing health information, education, and consultation to healthcare professionals, media, researchers, policymakers, and the public. Our Mission is to promote integrated health, skills and knowledge development, human rights advocacy, climate change action, and economic empowerment among marginalized youth and families; and our Vision is a healthy and economically empowered Society free from social injustices.

To significantly reduce the incidences of sexual gender based violence’s and teen pregnancies in Kisumu county and homabay county by providing economic empowerment to 300 young mothers between the age 1424. Kenya has experienced a consistent spike in teenage pregnancies in the past decade. Within the past two years, the COVID-19 pandemic, the lockdown, and reduced movements have added to these alarming numbers. HEDSO will adopt an integrated approach of proven interventions to improve the quality of life of 700 teenage mothers in rural sub county of homabay . This project aims to create economic opportunities for adolescent mothers by incubating and accelerating visionary teenage mothers who already have scalable social ventures or ideas, existing small-scale businesses, and differentiated products or services. The project will equip them with social entrepreneurship training, self-belief, and financial literacy. Secondly, the project will provide support for vocational and handy skills training designed through a safe space model, where the girls will provide psychosocial support to each other as they learn. We will then provide them with a start-up kit on a revolving basis, depending on the acquired skills, to enable them to earn a living within their communities, and enroll in social protection services offered by the government. We also provide training on financial literacy and the formation of village savings groups.