The team finally got a chance to deliver the third document to the Elimu Yetu Coalition at Capitol Hill who expressed a lot of interest to hear from us. The coalition fights for all children’s right to a better and more meaningful basic and higher education – largely reflecting our work’s purpose and mission which gave us an advantage. The lady we found, who is also the secretary, told us that the right person who could have handled us and heard from us was away in a meeting with the ministry of education.

She received the document warmly and signed it. She then gave us their contact details and advised us to send a short letter through their email requesting an appointment with the Director of the coalition.

 In most of the offices attended, the response was cordial and they welcomed the fresh ideas from youth who are eager to help shape their communities. The secretaries provided a way of following up with their bosses.

A challenge was finding time to discuss SIP documents in-depth with XXX before physically handing them to the decision makers directly. The teams are supposed to conduct monitoring activities to capture the detailed responses to the SIP ideas.