Student News

Mary Waithera - Got a job at place called Art Cafe and she is doing well. She received her first salary last month. She stays on on her own though we are still paying her rent. We only have one more month to pay her rent as agreed in the exit plan. She stays in an area called Banana near The village Market.

Dotrine Zainabu - She exited and got a job at a beauty shop in a a suburb only 30 minutes away from MITS farm. Her son is doing well. We provide her with fare and rent, which ends in a months' time.

Jane Njoki - She was able to get a job in a salon Called Beauty Zone at the old Embakasi Nakummatt place. We are still supporting her with fare, food and a place to stay. The only problem is they are working on the road which connect to the salon and this has reduced the number of clients, so it has become difficult for them in maintaining and get more clients as they were used to.
NB. she is also thinking of pursuing her talent is acting which, she is very passionate about.

James Mwangi and Fredrick Otieno - both trained in auto-mechanics and have finished their attachments. One of the main challenges when they started off especially with Fredrick, is being under paid. An example is Fredrick is paid Ksh. 50 to Kshs. 100 a week, which is very little to sustain him through the week. We noted that Fredrick was good at washing our vehicles and we are thinking of purchasing a machine used for washing vehicles. Plans are for him and James Mwangi to open up a place and start a car wash business.

Evans Wambua and Mercy Waithera - They are trained at the Art's Cafe, but the issue of getting national Identification has held them from starting work. So they have stopped until they procure a national identity card. We await to confirm if the employer still wants them.

Lucy Akinyi - She is on attachment, but plans are there to take her to a course on car wiring/electronics which is a skill that will earn her some money more than a regular mechanic. Currently the market saturated with mechanics thus hard to get a well paying mechanic job.

Mary Muthoni - She has been looking for a job and was taken to a place that deal with hand made crafts, weaving baskets and traditional African clothing. She has a job interview on Thursday. Imani ya Juu is really interested in our program and has offered to be a place where we can also take our kids for attachment.

Mary Wangui - was on attachment at a salon in town called Serene Pavillion, her employer sold her shop and relocated to another place. The employer is getting the new place fixed up, but has promised Mary that once she finishes the setups, she will definitely consider Mary back to her beauty shop.

John Dennis Kamau - Currently on attachment at Good News Production Intl. this is a christian production house that only records gospel music and videos. Dennis has shown trememdous interest in production and fits in so well with the workers and staff there. Anastacia Njoki who is a graduate of our program work there.


Jackqueline Njoki - Is on attachment at a place in town, she is not comfortable with her current place and is looking for another place to work in.

Sarah Aono - she is a determined girl, and works extra hard to try and get jobs to keep her busy. She is currently working at a hotel near the town center.

Elizabeth Wanjiku - She is on attachment at a beauty shop in the far south of town. The salon is not all that busy, she is getting less experience, the team is working out other venues where she can get more experience and exposure.

Fatuma Amina and Margaret Njeri - Margaret Njeri was on attachment with us here at MITS cafe, Fatuma is still looking for a place. Both of these girls have had indiscipline cases which are currently being handled. We plan to reintegrate them with their families and help them out from there. Both are still on process of getting national Identity cards.

Abdi Jackson - He was suspended from school due to indiscipline cases which we have handled. He has resumed his classes in Computer Engineering.

Brenda Adhiambo - We managed to reintegrate her with her family, though she had indiscipline issues with the girls. We decided to take her back home to help her through her family. While with her parents she still takes off and goes missing for days. We got a good contact with a home that deals with baby care through Hollie Conway, she suggested us to take Brenda for this job, we are still thinking about it.

Bernard Kariuki - Has done mechanics as a skill, he is on attachment. Bernard on counseling with one of the team members, we recently noticed his state of mind and were very concerned. Thanks to the alarms raised by most of our friends in the US about Bernard. We have taken the necessary precautions on the life of Bernard.


Challenges that are facing our exiting students are:
-Peer pressure, in areas they move to and start life.
-Procurement of national identification and birth certificates ( employers find it hard to employ our kids who don't have these documents, they are considered as minors)
Take a moment and remember all named above in prayer!