Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University Of Science & Technology Student Apprentice Hub

JOOUST Student Apprentice Hub (JOOUST SAH) is village-focused paid-on-the-job-skill-mentorship for student on climate-action It is an initiative of Tembea Futures Institute (TeFI) under its flagship village climate actors network (VillageCAN) Project in partnership with Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science & Technology (JOOUST) implemented by Uhai Innovations.

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About JOOUSTSAH

Who We Are

JOOUST Student Apprentice Hub (JOOUST SAH) is a student-owned, student-led, and student-managed self-help, industry-driven initiative offering a high-quality career pathway that combines:
• Paid on-the-job skills mentorship
• E-learner skills classroom
• Data Science Bureau
• Own-source climate-finance innovations, including:
    – Student Meals 4 Skills (SMS) Eatery
    – Waste-to-Energy Plant
    – Student Smartfarms
    – Fundraiser Events

It also features a Smart Extension Service model, where each apprentice is deployed to activate and support four (4) Village Climate Investment Groups focused on: • Hospital innovations • Climate action • Social entrepreneurship • Extension services • Loyalty-as-a-Service • Business Development

Our Mission

To empower students through practical apprenticeships that address climate challenges in village communities.

Our Vision

A network of empowered students and resilient communities collaborating for sustainable development.

JOOUSTSAH Team

Frequently Asked Questions

Learn more about eligibility, training, placements, and commitments in the Student Apprentice Hub (SAH) and Fellows Program.

  • JOOUST SAH Program accepts applications from all JOOUST students as SAH members, provided the student applicant is willing to be loyal to JOOUST SAH designated Student Meal 4 Skills (SMS) Eatery for their daily meals or meal supplies.
  • JOOUST SAH Fellows Program accepts applications from both successful SAH recruiters and active SMS Eatery subscribers.
  • SAH Fellows are duly recruited, inducted, deployed student apprentices each to service 4 village climate investment groups.
  • A duly registered JOOUST student evidenced by student ID
  • SAH membership recruitment drives participation
  • Active Student Meals 4 Skills (SMS) subscriber
  • Passion for resolving climate-change, biodiversity-loss, and sustainable-livelihoods
  • Evidenced commitment to core values of community volunteerism, sharing and innovation
A professional in gainful employment, self-employment, business, consultancy, and 12 villages climate-investments.
  1. Market-activations
  2. Finance-innovations
  3. Climate-entrepreneurship
  4. Data-science
  5. Youth-apprenticeship
  6. Market-philanthropy and/or foundations
  7. Skills-curricula
  8. Smart extension-services
  9. Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)

a. Hospital-insurance:

  1. Telemedicine
  2. Equipment
  3. Supplies
  4. HMIS
  5. Emergency
  6. Specialists
  7. Satellite-clinics

b. Climate-enterprises (12 eco and agro value-chains):

CHEWMWAFPAMD - Carbon, Horticulture, Energy, Water, Manure, Waste, Apiculture, Food-crops, Poultry, Aquaculture, Meat, Dairy

c. Social-enterprises:

THIS IS I - Trust, Housing, Investment, Smart-stock, Insurance, Skills, IT

d. Smart extension services:

  1. Climate-action
  2. Agronomy-practices
  3. Skills-transfers
  4. Business development services

e. Market-activations:

  1. Identify/recruit/induct stakeholder leaders
  2. Build market of households around leaders
  3. Empower market off own resources
  4. Establish structures to inform time, space, partner utilities
  5. Capacitate on relationship-building, motivating-participation, strategizing-pathways, taking-action
  6. Acts of digital market activator

f. Loyalty-as-a-Service:

  1. Loyalty-Register
  2. Self-retail PoS
  3. Loyalty-roll
  4. Investment-management
  5. Book-keeping
  6. Invest-Now-Pay-Loyalties (INPL) smart-advances
  7. Payment-processing
  8. Wallet-as-a-Service
  9. Communication-channel
  10. Analytics & reporting dash-boards
  11. Mobile-app in app stores for android/Ios/windows, USSD, Sim tool-kit, Teller

g. Business Development Services (BDS):

  1. With-holding tax
  2. Trade-license
  3. INPL-interest
  4. Teller-services
  5. IT enabled services
  6. Curricula
  7. Data-science
  8. Socio-enterprise service
  9. Agronomy-service
  10. Climate-science
  11. Rent/Utilities
  • SMS eatery, waste-to-energy plant, smart-farms, fundraiser-events, extension-services for at least 4 activated village climate investment groups for hospital, climate, social, Loyalty-as-a-Service, and BDS investments under an apprentice-mentor
  • On-the-job-skill-mentorship for young climate-mentors of village climate investment groups under TeFI
  • Climate Market Activator Professional (C-MAP) Consultancy
  • Resultant joint-ventures with strategic partners
Yes, a SAH Fellow will earn a monthly stipend of Ksh. 8,000-12,000 off a share of loyalty savings from own recruited SAH members and progressively off a share of loyalty-savings by 400 households under own 4 active village climate investment groups.

The admission process for students actively seeking apprenticeship, economic opportunities and civic responsibilities:

  1. Recruit 24 SAH members and be loyal at Student Meal 4 Skill (SMS) Eatery by at least 60 meals/supplies a month
  2. Execute Student Apprentice Hub (SAH) Fellows solicitation proposal form
  3. SAH Fellow applicants are shortlisted by a select apprentice mentors committee
  4. The shortlisted applicants undergo an on-line interview by a select apprentice mentors committee
  5. Successful interviewees undergo 5 days on-line induction and subsequent deployment under SAH Fellows Program
  6. Apprentice is assigned a mentor and at least 4 villages where he/she operationalizes village climate investment groups
  7. SAH Fellow networks with others within a county community to serve their mentors established community foundation

Tembea Futures Institute is the natural school for SAH Fellows and will work to forge affiliations with:

  • Innovation and Accelerator Hubs
  • Media-Houses
  • Climate-enterprises
  • Professional-consultancies
  • Association of manufacturers
  • Telcos
  • Financial-institutions
  • Data-science organizations
  • Stock-exchange markets
  • Forex markets
  • Carbon-exchange markets
  • Curriculum developers
  • Fintech companies
  • Venture Capital Firms
  • IT enabled services
  • Leadership, Management, Entrepreneurship, Development training schools locally & internationally

Examples include: Financial Sector Deepening (FSD) Trust, Co-op bank, One-acre fund, M-Kopa, M-Gas, Strathmore Business School; Financial Advisories (PwC, KPMG, Delloitte & touché); Kenya Institute of Management; University of Nairobi Institute of Development Studies/ITES/BPOs Centre/School of Computing & Informatics; Kenyatta University Young African Leaders Program (YALI); JKUAT entrepreneurship program, etc.

  • Subscribe in and popularize Student-meals-4-skills (SMS) Eatery brand
  • Centrally procure and self-retail meals and related meals supplies
  • Engage an experienced eatery service provider to oversee centralized kitchen operations
For 6 years or until you attain a post Kenyan constitutional youth age threshold of 18-35 years - whichever comes first.
Submit your question to sahfellow@jooustsah.co.ke and you will get a response within next business day!

Our Initiatives

Discover our range of student-led programs that empower communities through innovative learning and sustainable development.

E-learner Skill Classroom
Digital Learning Active

E-learner Skill Classroom

Digital learning platform providing students with essential climate action and sustainability skills through interactive online courses.

Data Science Bureau
Data Analytics Active

Data Science Bureau

Research hub analyzing climate data to provide insights and recommendations for evidence-based community interventions.

Skills Mentorship
Mentorship Active

On-the-job Skills Mentorship

Connecting students with industry experts for hands-on training and guidance in climate action projects.

Smart Extension Services
Community Support Active

Smart Extension Services

Mobile support teams providing technical assistance and knowledge transfer to rural communities implementing climate solutions.

Climate Finance
Finance Active

Own-source Climate Finance

Supporting communities in developing sustainable funding mechanisms for climate action projects through innovative financial models.

Our Impact

Transforming communities through innovative climate action and sustainable development initiatives.

E-learner Skill Portal

E-learner skills classroom providing varied skills training for students, enhancing digital learning capabilities and climate action knowledge.

Data Science Bureau

Comprehensive climate data collection, warehousing, and analysis services supporting industry decision-making and environmental initiatives.

On-the-job Skills Mentorship

200 skilled apprentice-mentors actively guiding and supporting 600 student-apprentices in practical climate action projects.

Smart Extension Services

600 trained apprentices providing direct support to 2,400 village climate investment groups, ensuring sustainable community development.

Own-source Climate Finance

Successfully unlocking $15 million annually to support climate initiatives across a cluster of 2,400 villages, driving sustainable change.

Impact Overview

Contact Us

Have questions about our initiatives or interested in collaboration? Reach out to the JOOUSTSAH team.

Get in Touch

Address

JOOUST Main Campus, Bondo, Siaya County, Kenya

Email

info@jooustsah.org

Phone

+254 712 345 678

Join JOOUSTSAH

Be part of a movement that's empowering students and transforming communities through sustainable innovation.

Student Apprentice Hub (SAH) Member

Join as a SAH member to gain hands-on experience, develop professional skills, and make a real impact in village communities through our apprenticeship programs.

  • Access to practical apprenticeships
  • Mentorship from faculty experts
  • Project development support
  • Networking opportunities
SAH Member Application Form

Student Apprentice Hub (SAH) Fellow

Apply to become a SAH Fellow and take on leadership roles in mentoring other students while driving innovative climate action projects.

  • Leadership development opportunities
  • Advanced project management training
  • Mentorship responsibilities
  • Research and innovation focus
SAH Fellow Solicitation Form

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