2011 agenda and student updates

The year started on a light and cheerful note, the MITS family went to the Water Park in the Village Market.
From last year a resolution was made to make sure all the 18yr old students have a smooth transition and exit from the boarding program.
Dennis Kamau - Computer skills students, currently looking for attachment in town. He has already found an apartment.

Jackson Issac - Found a computer college and will be studying Computer engineering and electronics for the next 1 yr. He has already moved out and has started school.

Evans Wambua, Mary Waithera and Mercy Wanja - Catering skills students, went recently for an interview at Java House ( a local coffee shop). We are awaiting result of that interview. In the meantime they will be looking for an attachment elsewhere.

Benard Kariuki, Fredrick Otieno, James Mwangi and Lucy Akinyi(single mom)- Auto-mechanic students, they will be looking for attachment in the coming weeks. James has completed his training outside MITS, and should be looking for a job.

Moses Mwangi and Patrick Saulo - Moses was in Auto mechanic and Patrick was in Computer skills, both decided to take on masonry as a skill and have pursued it thus far. They have done well under John Wambu and a recommendation for them to stick to this skills has been adviced by the team. They have managed to build a perimeter wall around the Nursery plot, and done some other construction work in our properties. They will soon be moving out and living together as roommates.

Paul Zakayo, Veronica Wambui(single mom) and Brenda Adhiambo - Catering skills students, will be on attachment at our Coffee and Tea House, this is a business that MITS has along a highway.

Fatuma Amina - computer skills student, she will be looking for an attachment in the coming weeks.

Margaret Njeri and Sarah Aono - Catering skills students, will be on attachment at a local bakery that is found within Kamulu. The owner of the bakery is a close friend to MITS.

Pius Musyoki and Elizabeth Wanjiku - Hair dressing students still are continuing with their training at a school within Nairobi. They have 3 months to go.

Jackline Njoki, and Mary Muthoni - Tailoring students, Jacky found an attachment in a sewing shop in town, the owner was willing to train Jacky in sewing infants' clothing and promised that if Jacky does well, there will be no reason for her not to employ Jacky. Mary is still on attachment.
Elizabeth Mwikali and Catherine Ndunge - both are single moms and were in catering skills - the administration decided to retain them as workers. Their soul responsibilities will be maintaining the cleanliness of the Learning center and other duties deemed fit by the administration.

Brian Ochieng who has shown tremendous skills in leadership and organizations has also been retained by the administration to work as the cook for the school cafeteria. He will also be head of food distribution to all the repectives compounds, i.e the boy and girls compounds, inclusive of the 20 acres and Nursery school.

All the above students are currently working on documentations and other papers of concern to enable them to fit in the working environment of Nairobi and Kenya as a whole. Some of them have made unanimous decisions to become room-mates to help share in the cost of rent and other expenses.
This is both a trying time for our kids, confusion is inevitable but with guidance they will make it. The team is backing them up in all their quest to get places of attachments and jobs.
Pray for all the students that are making this life change.

Moses Okoth