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Background: The Emmanuel Technical-Vocational School is located in Kibera, a slum in Nairobi, where there are over a million people living in an area just over 1 square mile. This area has also been deeply affected by the horrific riots and violence following the January elections in Kenya. Most youth in Kibera are unemployed, and learning a skill is the way for them to get out of poverty. Many youth are dissatisfied and hopeless. In the beginning of the year these were the youth that were stirred up by the politicians, and much death and destruction occurred.

The Project: In partnership with The Outreach Foundation and the P.C.E.A. Emmanuel church in Kibera, African Leadership plans to construct a vocational/technical school in Kibera beginning this fall 2008. The vocational/technical school would be unique to any other school in the Kibera area and would provide job skills to the many disenchanted youth in Kibera in the following training areas: electrical, computer, carpentry, catering/cooking, car mechanics, welding, tailoring, and accounting/bookkeeping. The scope of this project encompasses construction of a two-story building containing these 8 classrooms and office, and providing the furniture and equipment required to train approximately 120 students.

This school will allow them to find jobs and support their families. They will be productive members of Kibera. In one year we will have the capacity to train up to 180 members of the Kibera community. This will have a great immediate impact and impact for generations to come. After the project is completed and equipped, the church will run and sustain the project.