{"id":4272,"date":"2025-03-16T08:56:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T08:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cheshiredisabilityservices.org\/?page_id=4272"},"modified":"2026-02-22T13:26:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T13:26:40","slug":"ajira-digital","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cheshiredisabilityservices.org\/?page_id=4272","title":{"rendered":"Ajira Digital"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?si=X0s4wywWbbEZ6fh9&amp;v=_Z7JyK7Ptjk&amp;feature=youtu.be&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4378&#8243; img_size=&#8221;900*600&#8243; style=&#8221;vc_box_shadow_3d&#8221;][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4380&#8243; img_size=&#8221;900*600&#8243; css_animation=&#8221;slideInDown&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]The<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_Z7JyK7Ptjk?si=zitOVuSOY0IKR3hq\"><strong> Ajira Digital Programme<\/strong><\/a> is a ground-breaking initiative of the Government of Kenya driven by<br \/>\nthe Ministry of Information, Communications and the Digital Economy (MoICDE) with a mission to empower over 1 million young Kenyans annually with digitally enabled skills to enable them earn a decent living through freelancing opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>The goal of the program is to position Kenya as a leading labour destination and a Business Process Outsourcing Hub for multinational companies while encouraging local companies and the public sector to create digital work.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CDSK, through the Multi-Annual Programme Plan (MAPP) Project, aims to empower youths with disabilities through the Ajira Digital Skills Training, an initiative by e-Mobilis.<br \/>\nThe programme aims to;<\/li>\n<li>Increase the self-esteem and acceptance\/ inclusion of Youths with Disabilities through the Ajira digital skills programme.<\/li>\n<li>Diversify livelihood options of Youths with Disabilities, and their families\/caregivers through the Ajira Digital Skills Programme<\/li>\n<li>Sensitize employers on the rights, potential, and needs of PWDs in the marketplace.<\/li>\n<li>CDSK to be a leading light in implementing the law requiring 5% of employees to be PWDs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"page\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1742115384\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"Ajira Digital\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/cheshiredisabilityservices.org\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?si=X0s4wywWbbEZ6fh9&amp;v=_Z7JyK7Ptjk&amp;feature=youtu.be&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4378&#8243; img_size=&#8221;900*600&#8243; style=&#8221;vc_box_shadow_3d&#8221;][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4380&#8243; img_size=&#8221;900*600&#8243; css_animation=&#8221;slideInDown&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]The Ajira Digital Programme is a ground-breaking initiative of the Government of Kenya driven by the Ministry of Information, Communications and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4272","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"campaignId":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheshiredisabilityservices.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheshiredisabilityservices.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheshiredisabilityservices.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheshiredisabilityservices.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheshiredisabilityservices.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4272"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/cheshiredisabilityservices.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4528,"href":"https:\/\/cheshiredisabilityservices.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4272\/revisions\/4528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheshiredisabilityservices.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}