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Friday, January 10, 2014

Mapping sustainability model for Ndhiwa Maarifa Centre



By Timothy Obabo

A group of 15 diligent people consisting of ALIN staffs from Nairobi headquarter and advisory committee members met at Institute for Rural Development-Kenya on 10th December 2013 to discuss on ways and means of sustaining the centre now that most foreign donor pools are diminishing with time.
From the sharing of the past 7 year’s experience of service to this community, the team was able to review the milestones of the centre. It was clear that the Maarifa centre had overseen the training of over 4,000 community members on ICT, assisted over 40,000 community members’ access free library and internet service; the centre had also overseen the training and visit of over 42,000 amongst other achievements.
Under the leadership of the committee advisory Chairperson Mr. Jeremiah Omogi the sitting gave Mr. Noah Lusaka and Paskwalina Morris from the headquarters an opportunity to share with the members the possibilities and ways of sustaining the centre locally. Finally the members came to a consensus to tag a little fee on ICT training due to its high demand in the region since its donors period had elapsed but to have the free access to information bit upheld.
The implementation of this new approach is yet to be rolled out after the committee and the relevant stakeholders have put in their weight behind it. Talking to the field officer in-charge of Ndhiwa Maarifa Centre, Gerald Yongo, this is what he had to say, “We shall ensure that whatever s charged from our trainees has to be the most minimal charge since we are not in business here. We only need communal support to ensure this programme keeps transforming the lives of the needy”.  

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