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Active 2024 - 2027

In partnership with Mastercard Foundation, Baraza Media Lab, HEVA, SNDBX-Ubuntu, and GoDown Arts Centre proudly present Sanara, a transformative initiative designed to enable young creatives across Kenya to access dignified and fulfilling work in the creative and cultural industries.

What is Sanara

The name Sanara is inspired by the Swahili words sanaa (arts) and biashara (business), representing our mission to connect the world of creativity with sustainable enterprise. Sanara addresses the challenges of young creative and cultural entrepreneurs by offering opportunities for financing, skilling, enterprise support, and the adoption of sustainable practices to advance fair and safer working environments.

Baraza Media Lab: Leading Skilling for Work

Baraza Media Lab proudly leads the Skilling for Work component of the Sanara Program, where we coordinate a network of diverse partners to deliver high-quality skilling, reskilling, and upskilling programs. Our focus is on ensuring young women and men have access to the tools, learning hubs, and mentorship required to  build fulfilling careers in the creative industries. From Empowering young people, through hands-on specialized skilling to developing and nurturing artistic talent, Baraza continues to be at the forefront of empowering Kenya’s next generation of creatives.

To support this effort, we have set up physical, creative, and cultural learning hubs in key counties across Kenya—including Nairobi, Kisumu, Mombasa, and Nakuru. These hubs are equipped, and maintained to provide accessible spaces for young women and men to receive hands-on training, mentorship, and the tools needed to build fulfilling careers in the creative industries.

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Meet the Skilling Partners

Sanara brings together a consortium of partners, each contributing their expertise in different creative value chains, under the Skilling for Work & Infrastructure arm led by Baraza Media Lab

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