Category Archives: Education

World AIDS Day 2011

World Aids Day 2011 theme is preaching Zero New HIV Infections, Zero Discrimination, and Zero Aids-Related Deaths. Every year World AIDS Day events take place across the county of Kilifi at the Coast to raise awareness and show support for people living with HIV. There has been a substantial gain in terms of reducing the ... Read more
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Kenya ICT Board Training

The Kenya ICT Board under the Digital Villages Program last week partnered with Cisco and its partners: Appleseeds Academy and One Global Economy in the aim of delivering advanced training for Pasha Centre Managers in the framework of Community Knowledge Centers. The Sombeza CKC was privileged to be part of this great partnership in delivering some ... Read more
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Vocational Skills Training Interventions

Since 2007, The Coastal Rural Support Program – Kenya (CRSP-K)  has trained 176 (91 male and 85 female) youth in various vocational skills. The main training fields are tailoring, dress making, hair dressing, auto  mechanics, motorbike repairing, mobile phones repairing, shoe making, carpentry, screen printing, electricals, electronics, welding and Early Childhood Development (ECD) teacher training. ... Read more
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Kirumbi Village bank

Kirumbi is a village in Tsangatsini location in the remote dry lands off Kaloleni district in the coast region of Kenya. The village is inhabited by the Giriama, one of the nine sub-tribes of the Mijikenda community in the coast province of Kenya. Kirumbi is home to over 2000 people rose to public limelight after ... Read more
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Mombasa Day of African Child

The 2011 day of the African Child celebrations for the Coastal region will be held in Mombasa town today. This year’s theme for the Day of the African Child is ‘all together for urgent action in favour of street children.’ The 2011 observance of this Day seeks to contribute to widespread awareness of the dangers street ... Read more
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International Women’s Day in Mariakani

The 2011 International Women day (IWD), celebrations will be commemorated at Mwawesa sub-location in Rabai District at the Coast province. This year’s celebrations mark 100 years since the launch of this special day that highlights the challenges women continue to face each day, and applauds the milestones achieved thus far. Nationally, the 2011 IWD theme ... Read more
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Secondary Education Scholarship for 5,600 young Kenyans

The MasterCard Foundation and Equity Group Foundation yesterday announced a $50 million partnership that will provide secondary education scholarships and leadership development to 5,600 students in Kenya. The scholarships will cover tuition, books, uniforms and stipends for students who are academically gifted yet economically disadvantaged, enabling them to complete their secondary education. The program is ... Read more
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World AIDS day 2010

The 2010 District World Aids Day celebrations will be held at Maandani Secondary School in Kaloleni at the Coast of Kenya. The World AIDS Day 2010 is all about raising awareness to tackle HIV prejudice and help stop the spread of HIV virus. The 2010 theme for the day is “Access and Human Rights”. The ... Read more
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Graduation to Reach Up!

This month, the first group of participants who were attending the Reach Up! Training at the Sombeza Community Knowledge Center (SCKC) graduated. This included people from all backgrounds around Mariakani area where most of the participants came from. It also included the youth both employed and unemployed. The Reach Up! Training conducted by a Digital ... Read more
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Jobless youth get a lifeline

The Kenya Youth Empowerment Project (KYEP) is set for take off as part of intensified efforts to tackle the youth unemployment in Kenya. The World Bank’s has committed Sh4.8 billion Kenya shillings for the project. The development objective of the Youth Empowerment Project is to support the Government of Kenya (GoK) efforts to increase access to ... Read more
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