Provide Job Skills to Kenyan Slum Youth

Dear friends,

Many thanks for continuing to support the Shauri Yako Community Youth Support Centre's (SYSC) work. 

Through your generosity, we served over 2,500 marginalized youth and children in 2018, who benefited though our informal school, skills training, sports, health education and scouts programs. 

Highlights

With your support, we're proud:

• To run an informal school that is now serving 48 underprivileged children and has hit capacity
• To have 45 youth between 12 and 15 year as active members of our Scouts program, who are engaged in civic action and learning leadership skills
• That we've introduced a Tile Fitting training, internship and certification program in collaboration with industry partners, an in-demand trade skill in Kenya's construction industry (see photo)
• To be offering a Medical Camp event (in collaboration with a local church) on March 30, 2019 that will provide a free checkup and treatment for the whole community.

Doing what we do requires an incredible amount of generosity, from Friends of Shauri Yako who donate used books, chairs and sports equipment to our school, to teachers and doctors who volunteers at our school and clinics and with our Scouts troop, to you - our financial supporters.  We cannot do this with out your help!

Have a question about our organization or programs or life in Nyeri's informal settlements? Click reply to this report to send it to us, and we'll share the answer with everyone in our next quarter report.

Have some extra change in your pocket this month? Our Scouts are struggling to cover the cost of uniforms, which is preventing participation for some.  Let us know if you can help. 

Have some extra time on your hands? We'd love it if you'd tell a friend or your social media networks about SYSC's efforts to help kids lift themselves from poverty. 

Thank you again for the remarkable difference you help to make here.

Kind regards,

Joe Mwai

Director

Shauri Yako Community Youth Support Centre