Use soccer as a tool to educate 2500 Kibera youths

The last few months have been very busy for Kibera Mpira Mtaani in terms of both football and education. The after school education program tutored around sixty students for their KCPE (Kenya Certificate of Primary Education) exams which are sat at the end of their eighth year of primary education. These are the arguably...

Kibera Mpira Mtaani continues to go from strength to strength in terms of education and soccer. GlobalGiving has been collecting stories from the local community about a wide variety of organisations and events. Below you can find links to some of the 54 stories that have been written about Mpira Mtaani by people in the...

Kibera Mpira Mtaani had been seeing success in both Sports Development and Education programs in recent months. April saw the launch of their annual Packard Family Cup Football Tournament which preached “Amani Lazima” (Peace a Must). The committee felt that it was vital to start preaching peace at this time as...

Kibera Mpira Mtaani had a busy start to the year thanks to the success of their education program. In November 2010, a group of around forty students from Kibera joined their peers throughout the country and sat their Kenya Certificate of Primary Education exams marking the end of their time at primary school. Having...

It has been a busy few months for Kibera Mpira Mtaani on both the sports and education front. At the end of October, the organisation held its third football tournament for the informal schools in Kibera. Informal schools are those not registered with the government and are often set up through churches or individuals. In...

The past 3 months have been busy for the team at Kibera Mpira Mtaani. The organisation has gone from strength to strength and their education program in particular has made great steps forward with a new resource centre being built. This will allow them to provide study space for students who have joined secondary school...

Anticipation, tension and excitement filled the air at Woodley Stadium in Nairobi on Saturday 29th May. This was the day that the John Packard Family Cup football tournament reached its climax with the final matches being played to decide the winners of each category. The tournament was launched in March and ran...