Mitaboni Vocational Training Centre
Location: Mitaboni, Machakos County
The institute was started 1956 as a Youth Welfare Centre. In 2009 it was registered under Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports as a Youth Vocational Training Centre. Today, Mitaboni Vocational Training Centre is ranked position 2 among the 43 vocational training centres in the County of Machakos, despite the circumstances.
There was a glaring need to renovate existing structures and make them more conducive for learning. In addition to classrooms that were in a poor state of repair, there was a need to address the girls' dormitory and the ablutions for all students.
Quote: "Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results." — John Dewey, Educational Reformer
Amara's first project at a government technical training institute
Trustees' breaking ground for new ablution block
Girls' dormitory before the upgrade
Upgraded space for girls' dormitory
Structure for the boys' ablutions - before
Structure for the girls' ablutions - before
New ablution and urinal for the boys
New ablution block for the girls
Welding workshop in poor state of repair
Newly refurbished welding workshop
Motor vehicle classroom before refurbishment
Motor vehicle classroom after refurbishment
Tree planting by trustees and students to mark the handing over of upgraded facilities
Signing of the handover documents by Trustees and Mitaboni
