A day out searching for a vocational institute

A day out in search of a Vocational Institute
My day started very early in the morning, I was already in the office by 7.30 a.m. making arrangements on how we were going to spend our day searching for a vocational Institute. The search was for an Institute where we can place one boy in the programme to learn skills that can help him in future.
I met with James Kamau and James Mwangi and the journey began. We were to visit 3 institutions on that day. We started with one Institution known as St.Vincent Technical Institute which has about 35 students and is in a conducive environment. The second institute P.C.Kinyanjui Technical Institute is in a very friendly environment, it is under the Ministry of Education and the setting is just perfect. The third Institute did not meet our requirements. After visiting the three relevant institutes in the area we decided to visit one boy who is in the programme – Daniel Otieno he is doing a mechanic course and to our surprise Daniel was in another garage helping to open an engine. This really made all of us happy especially me. Daniel impressed me so much, he believes in himself and is ready to take up any challege. After a chat with him, I felt so encouraged to see that the resources Miale has invested in him is being utilised in a good way.I believe this gives the programme more reason to assist more children.
On our way to Kibera Primary, we spotted one child in the programme Joab Onyando walking on the road. This was strange because the boy had no reason to be out of school we had paid up all the school charges: tuition, exams and lunch. We had to take the boy back to school to find out why he was out. These are the kind of challenges that I have to deal with; children missing classes without viable reason.