Kenya - Integrated Mechanisms for Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Education (IMPRESED) Project

The Integrated Mechanisms for Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Education (IMPRESED) Project seeks to address equity in access to education and skills development opportunities in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) in Kenya. The project is aligned to the Government of Kenya’s (GoK) priority on providing quality education and training to all Kenyans in line with Kenya’s 2010 Constitution. It takes an integrated approach to improving outcomes in education and skills development due to the interrelated nature of the challenges in ASALs. The IMPRESED Project will benefit from investments in the ongoing Bank financed TVET Phase II and III Projects, and the Chinese financed TVET institutions. It intends to address selected barriers to education and youth unemployment, while empowering households to meet the indirect cost of education in the long term. The Project will support; out of school learners to re-enrol/ enrol in school and TVET, improve learning conditions in school, sustainable school feeding program, teachers, WASH, food security and pasture. With improved livelihoods, households should be in a position to support their children’s education and increase enrolment and retention. The Project will be financed by an ADF loan of UA 12.789 million, counterpart funds of UA 2.04 million. The project contributes to climate finance, with 11 million USD of the total approved amount dedicated to adaptation.