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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
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
Water and Sanitation for Coast residents
A handover ceremony was held on the 10th of December to commemorate a community project that improved access to clean water and sanitation to approximately 37,000 residents of rural districts in Coast Province, Kenya. The ceremony took place in Chanzou Village of Kinango District – one of the 20 villages that benefited from this project. ... Read more
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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Health of the Community
October 15, is the global hand washing day. This is a day set aside to motivate and mobilize millions of people around the globe to wash their hands with soap. This is a key approach towards the prevention of hand transmitted diseases. According to research, washing hands with soap reduces the mortality rates related to ... Read more
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CISCO systems unveils $10 Million for Digital Villages
Cisco systems is to spend $ 10 Million in bridging the digital divide in the marginalized communities in Africa over a three- year period. This is done through partnerships with local Non- Governmental organisations in Kenya, Ethiopia, Angola, Nigeria and Rwanda. According to an article appearing in The Standard newspaper today under the Tech.Insight pullout, The Cisco Academy and ... Read more
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World AIDS Day 2011