District Governor (DG) Richard Omwela Visits The Rotary Club of Karen

On 14^th September 2016 our District Governor (DG) Richard Omwela made his official visit to the Rotary Club of Karen (RCK). 

His programme included a project visit to the Karen Technical Training Institute for the Deaf (KTTID) situated on Karen Road, Nairobi. KTTID is a special Public Tertiary TVET Institution under the State Department of Technical and Vocational Education and Training. It opened in 1990 to offer technical and vocational education and training to the deaf youths in Kenya. The institute currently hosts over 300 students, all whom are deaf, including other disabilities.

 

As a fully run government owned and run facility it has faced and continue to face numerous funding challenges affecting the effective delivery of training and skills development of this venerable category of  the youth.

The participation of RCK with KTTID has been long term. Activities carried out in the past include:

1. Renovations of Toilets and Dining Hall.
2. Supply of Dignity Packs for girls.

Current engagement by RCK with KTTID, which the DG inspected, include:

1. Rehabilitation of the existing borehole with Davis & Shirtliff. The borehole has been non-functional for many years forcing the Institute to purchase water at great cost.
2. Repair/improvement of water delivery to the various facilities.
3. Provision of safety railing, doors & windows to CDF Building- District Designated Grant.
4. Installation of an agricultural greenhouse to provide both learning and income to sustain the working of the borehole. This would assist in the running of the borehole.
5. Provision of technical, business and leisure reading books for the library together with the Hub-Karen & Longhorn Publishers.
6. Provision of roof paint and internal paint for the rehabilitation of school buildings with Crown Paints.

The DG presented books and paints to the Principal, Ms. Tecla Chemobo, and advised RCK to take up the institution as a signature project for the Club and in commemoration of the Rotary Foundation Centenary Year.

Going forward, RCK intends to apply for a global grant to assist in the provision of modern workshops and auditory testing systems.

RCK intend in the first phase to tackle:

1. Agricultural Workshop Equipment
2. Carpentry & Joinery Workshop Equipment
3. Auditory Testing Laboratory

The DG continued with his visit by chairing a meeting of the Club’s Board followed by a “house-full” Club Assembly.