The project Building Peace Through Practical Skills aimed to reduce unemployment among disadvantaged youth in Turkana County by opening a carpentry course. The course was intended for two groups of young people — the disadvantaged group of refugees from the Kakuma refugee camp and a group of young Kenyans living in the vicinity of Kakuma. There is long-standing animosity between the local community and the refugees, stemming from unequal opportunities.

The project increased the number of young people with carpentry skills in Kakuma and its surroundings, provided students with entrepreneurship training, accompanied graduates in their search for employment and thus improved their chances of entering the job market. At the same time, the project contributed to peaceful coexistence between the student communities by training local teachers in peace work and organizing peace workshops and seminars for students.

The project started in September 2017 and ran until October 2019. The project was supported from SlovakAid resources through a grant of EUR 249,190.