By Claire Mathijsen & Gabriel Teimuge | President RYM and Secretary RYM Kenya
Jambo Rafikis,
The year has begun on a high note with our continued partnership with Great Being A Girl. The organization recently visited our institutions to educate girls and young women on health and hygiene through their “Ending Period Poverty Once and for All” program. We are encouraged by the positive outcomes of this collaboration and look forward to future engagements.
The dedication and consistency of our institutions, Koshin Technical Training Institute, KTTI and Sergoek, continue to bear fruit, as reflected in the steady increase in student enrollment. Our commitment to empowering our girls is clearly yielding results, as demonstrated by the growing number of young women enrolling at our institutions. At Sergoek, with a total student population of 640, there are 414 female and 226 male students. At Koshin, 72 female and 49 male new students enrolled this quarter, bringing the current student population to 2057. Recently, Koshin has introduced a new program that recognizes individuals without formal education but with practical experience—such as plumbers and construction workers— allowing them to be assessed and then awarded a Certificate of Prior Learning.
Since the inception of RYM and the establishment of our schools, we have continued to witness inspiring success stories from our alumni. From children uplifting their families from poverty, qualified plumbers (from Kenya) working in Qatar, to engineers running their own construction companies, our graduates are making remarkable progress. One recent example is Mr. Denis K., a former electrical student at KTTI, who is now an entrepreneur and employer managing his own electrical business. Such success stories motivate us to continue providing vocational training and education to young people in rural Kenya, thereby reducing unemployment, conflict, and poverty in the region.
The much-anticipated completion of the new Administration Block at Sergoek Vocational Training Center (SVTC) has been achieved. The building will house several administrative offices, a state-of-the-art computer laboratory, and a modern library designed to support students in developing their IT and AI skills as well as enhancing their research capacity. This new facility stands as an iconic development in the region — the first of its kind in design and the only building in the area fully powered by green energy, marking a significant milestone in advancing our climate change agenda.
In conclusion, we remain committed to sustaining this positive momentum throughout the year. We sincerely thank all our donors and partners and friends of Rafiki Ya Maisha.
Thank you very much.
Claire Mathijsen and Gabriel Teimuge
By Gabriel Teimuge | Secretary RYM Kenya
By Claire Mathijsen & Gabriel Teimuge | President RYM International & Secretary RYM Kenya
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