Vision
To be the first place of choice for young people to interact, share, learn and grow
Mission
To provide a platform for young people to find and create opportunities that will enhance their professional and leadership skills, entrepreneur and business skills while having fun and bringing a positive social change in our society
Our Values
• Respect for diversity
• Integrity
• Professionalism
• Stewardship
• Teamwork
Our 5 year Strategic Objectives
We have identified 5 objectives that will be prioritized in the next 5 years. The 5 strategic priorities are:
1. To increase membership to 5000 members by July 2015 with a retention rate of 80%.
2. To offer enhanced value and improve members’ loyalty.
3. To increase the efficiency of our internal processes by developing and implementing CRM (Customer Relationship Management)
4. Motivating and fostering the professional graph of the LYP leadership
5. To raise revenue of 30 million by July 2015 and maintain an expenditure to surplus ratio of 70:30
Our History
LYP was conceptualized in October 2008 by a team of 14 passionate young professionals who identified themselves as the Dream Team that spearheaded the organization of the organization. The club began operation in February 2009 as a registered community based organization under the ministry of gender, sports culture and Social services. The dream team members were Francis Mwangi Chege, Gideon Maingi, Josephine Kamanthe, Dan Nyutu, Kelvin Jayanoris ………………………..
As an organization, we have grown to encompass over 25,000 youths in an online forum drawn from the country and other Kenyan professionals in the Diaspora, that provides a platform for members to discuss matters related to career development, business opportunities, jobs and educational opportunities, matters of national concern especially in governance and provide a social platform for members to interact. So far we have 200 full registered paid-up active embers in Nairobi and a total of 300 other members who are located outside Nairobi in our regional chapters in Mombasa, Nakuru and Eldoret in Kenya.