The Youth Café and its partners are currently implementing a FORD Foundation-funded project aimed at Engaging the youth against corruption and closing civic space in Kenya. 

In this project we are working to build the power of young Kenyans to impact government policies, uphold their rights, fight against corruption and the closing civic space through transparency and accountability, deepening of media coverage and assessment of governance reforms. 

As part of the activities in this project, a photo and video competition was created where contestants between the ages of 18 and 35 were expected to represent their scenarios of corruption through the photo and video mediums. The goals of this competition was to create awareness on corruption and the closing civic space in Kenya, start conversations on corruption and ways to mitigate it, elevate the voices of the youth in the matter and use art as a creative form of mitigating corruption. 

Corruption is a cancer that is slowly diminishing our democracy and it ought to be fought through a multi-approach technique. It is only by recognizing the existence of the problem and finding actionable solutions in various sectors, that we will eradicate this cancer. This media contest is a step taken by The Youth Café to increase the engagement of Kenyan youths in the fight against corruption and the closing civic space.

The goals of the competition are:

1. To create awareness on corruption and the closing civic space in Kenya.

2. To start conversations on corruption and ways to mitigate it.

3. To reflect on how we contribute to the corruption statistics in Kenya.

4. To elevate the voices of the youth in the matter.

5. To use art as a creative media to mitigate corruption.

We will be recognizing the efforts of all the young people who took the time to showcase their efforts in the fight against corruption and award the best 3 submissions.

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