The development of the Resource Centre has been ongoing for the last 3 years. It started in a 3 room leased building in Kangemi until OSF could buy a plot to settle the project in 2009. It received then a grant to put up a building in 2010. The construction project has been ongoing for almost a year... The Resource Centre is situated at the centre of the Kangemi slum - a perfect easy location for all of all the schools to access, and close enough for many others to take advantage of.
Project Objectives and Services
- To promote literacy, reading and learning in the community trough library services
-To give access to ICT services to underprivileged communities trough the KRC computer centre
-To improve children nutrition and health trough feeding program
-To support teachers skills development trough training
In the long term, the purpose of the project is to support informal schools as a source of sustainable development as they have a direct impact on the improvement of living standards of the whole slum population.
The Beneficiaries
These benefits have improved the chances of future success for the children and other individuals from the surrounding communities, and it has also led to the development of various indirect benefits including the psychological improvements (increased self-esteem and self-reliance) and improved hygiene and health - an all-round improvement in their quality of life!
The Resource Centre has become a great benefit to so many individuals from within and around the slum. The informal schools have found great assistance, counselling, training, teaching and reading material from the centre. At least 10,000 children (around 2,000 of which are orphans – mostly from HIV-AIDS - and many of which coming from single-parented families without any source of income) have access to KRC. About 70 schools from communities of bordering slums (e.g. Kawangware and Riruta) are using the centre and have access to the knowledge and services provided by the Resource Centre.
