LAKERS
CONSERVATION YOUTH GROUP. P O BOX 1750,
KISUMU. KENYA. TEL. 0722498922, 0721331275,
0724931108 FAX 057 2023709.email:lakersgroup@gmail.com,Alpha hse,1stFlr.
Background
Lakers conservation youth group is a duly registered group
with the ministry of gender youth and sports. The group was registered in the
year 2007 by young individuals in Kisumu east District who believed in youth
empowerment and conservation of the environment for future generations. The
group consists of the youth in the informal sector, the unemployed, school
going and young professionals in the field of screen acting, script acting,
film production and environmental sciences.
Lakers group is managed by the executive office that
includes the group chairman, secretary general, treasurer, organizing
secretaries who are young people. Further, an advisory board is included in
the management for the purposes of accountability and professional advice.
The board includes five professionals, with the chairman of the executive
committee and deliberates on all financial transactions of the group and
overall management.A designated
member of the board must approve all the financial transactions of the
group.
Mission
To harness synergy and bring on
board the youth as the stake holders in tourism in the region, champion the
course of environmental conservation and youth talent nurturance while promoting the film industry in the country.
Vision
To be a leading community based
organization in the country by producing the best movies and artists in film
industry and make western Kenya
a leading tourist destination.
Key achievements of the organization:
1. The group has attracted a very
large number of youth with current active membership at70
2. Has acted two video clips and
now working on a sixty minute film.
3. currently making andsellingcurio products
4. Has a functionaltree nursery
5. Formed a network and linkage
with key people in the industry who continuously advice the
group.
6. Has promoted youth talent and
currently is helping in the production of music by two