Good work academy staffs

Academy staffs have done a wonderful work for the kids in KTDP Academy. Not only have they taught them how to read and write and many other school things. They have also been loving parents to these kids most of whom are orphans or from single parents homes.

Congratulations to all our staffs and keep up the good work.

The best student among graduants

The competition in this class was very high. 3 pupils tied in position one. Daniel Smith was one of those in position one. Here he is with his dad and one of the ktdp staff receiving his prize.

Congratulation Daniel!

Academy parents attend graduation

The parents of academy kids came in big numbers to join us in celebrating preunit graduation. The ceremony was very colorful and everyone had a great time. We wish all the parents and their kids a merry Christmas.

Academy Graduation Day 30.11.11

This year 45 pupils have graduated from academy project. They are now ready to join primary level after successfully going through pre-primary level.

We hope many will join us next year in class one!
Welcome back in 2012!

Evaluation survey with tailoring students

The tailoring students are finalizing their preparations for their gradetest exams. Today we had an evaluation survey from these students inform of completing a questionarre, of how the training and the whole course in general has been. This will help us to improve the quality of the class and provide a better learning experience for future students.

final day in school for the year

Today is the last day this year for the academy kids to be in school.They end the year tomorrow with preunit graduation,and the teachers will have time next month to plan for next year. This year academy project has gone through number of challenges both financial and operational,but never the less the year has been great!

Kibera in the news

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Academy having lunch

Academy kids enjoying their lunch. Most of the families in Kibera can only afford one meal a day, often in the night with no breakfast or lunch. Therefore children may drop out of school and go to beg in the streets. Our academy kids are happy to be served with a balanced meal every lunch hour.

Kibera in the news

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Nairobi learns to live with its slums

Samson Kihika perches on a stool in the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, surrounded by scraps of shoe sole with reggae music blaring out as he watches his fellow slum-dwellers pick their way past him. The 27-year-old shoe seller makes $9 a month,

Computer training

In the world that is quickly being computerised, KTDP computer training is the latest addition to our projects. Being a year old, 35 students have gone through this training which aims to offer computer skills. We train basic computer software, like Windows and Office. Our student are young people from Kibera slum. We have also trained many of our staff.

George, the project manager, has worked hard to introduce computer training in KTDP. Now we look forward for 2012 and welcome all new students.

Academy students celebrates a successful year

Academy students celebrating for the successful 2011. This year 150 students have gone through our academy project. They will be ending the year on 30th this month with a colourful graduation of pre-unit students. 45 students will be graduating to the next level of primary school.

Tailoring preparing for grade test exam

Tailoring students are busy preparing for their government grade test exam which will take place next month from 6th. 14 of our students will be sitting for this exam which test the skills of the students. Last year we had a 100% pass in tailoring and we strongly believe it will be the same this year. We wish all the students the best as they sit for their exams

Phyllis and Benson fund raising

During their visit in Norway Phyllsi and Tello experienced the hard way of fund raising. Once a week they joined Helge traveling around to shops with boxes for fund raising. Children of Africa have boxes in many shops in Norway. Money from those boxes contributes around 70 percent of the cost of running KTDP. The other 30 percent comes from the project's income.

Nice time in Norway

It has been good to be in Norway during winter season. we have had a good time planning and focusing for the future of KTDP. I believe now we are well prepared for the year 2012, and do believe ktdp will be better in its service to the community next year than it has been this year. I look forward to going back to Kenya and together with the rest of the staffs on the ground start the process of implementing all those plans.
Thank you Kjetil and Beatrice for creating time in your busy schedule for this purpose.

Slum upgrade starts January 2012

Kenya Railways will start the Sh3.2 billion Kibera and Mukuru slum upgrade and relocation project in January to improve the safety of the Kenya-Uganda rail line and boost train speeds.

The project will see the rail firm secure a 60-metre reserve on the rail line sitting on the twin slums that will displace 9,000 families who reside or carry out business on the reserve.

The families will be accommodated in 3,192 single-room units that will act as homes and trading stalls that will be restricted from the rail line by nine metre high boundary wall that will run on both sides of the rail track.

The works are expected to start in January 2012. We want to facilitate use of faster trains and improve the safety of both rail and the slum dwellers,” said Kenya Railways Managing Director Nduva Muli.

KTDP Academy

New class in 2012

In particular, we see that children are vulnerable and need care. KTDP have our academy contributed to the care and education since 2003. From 2012 we are pleased to open a new class. 30 to 40 new students would fit in KTDP academy. We know this will mean a lot to these children and their families.

KTDP Vocational training - Graduation 11.11.11

Wonderful graduation

Once again KTDP is happy to have grauduated another  group of youth who have succesfully completed hairdressing and tailoring courses. We wish them well as they go out to  apply their new learned skills.

Planning for 2012

For the last three weeks Benson and Phyllis have been with Beatrice and Kjetil in Norway to plan for the future of KTDP.

We all have had a wonderful time and we are hopeful for a successful 2012 for KTDP.

Educational sponsorhip program

 

Congratulations 

Loise has succesfully completed her course in computer science. Loise has been apart of our sponsorship program for the past 4 years, as a pupil and later as a student. She has been determined and committed to her dream and has for sure attained her goal. We wish her well in the future and in her new job.