Impact RepoRt:V1

ctc InteRnatIonal

JanuaRy - DecembeR 2012

CTC International prides itself on its “mile deep and inch wide” mentality when approaching community development. We started 10 years ago by constructing a school and we are now the largest employer in a city of 60,000+ people. Our initiatives focus on five specific needs: education, environment, economy, health and community. Each area directly impacts the community as a whole and each is interrelated to the success of one another. All CTC initiatives are managed by full-time local Kenyan staff and community volunteers.

WhItney SnellAssistAnt Director

Dear TRIBE,Welcome to the first ever CTC Impact Report! I’m excited to share with you this in-depth look into our programs in Kenya. Our Kenya staff work so hard and move so fast that it can be quite a challenge to stay up to date with all that’s going on with our programs at any given time, even for those of us who work for CTC full-time! So we’ve decided to introduce Impact Reports in an effort to take you behind the scenes and offer as much information as we can about the successes and growing pains of our programs. This first report covers the basics of the year 2012, but from here on out, you will be receiving these reports once per quarter. Our programs are my passion and I am excited to start sharing them with you all more regularly and in much more detail. And you don’t have to wait on the next report--feel free to contact me any time with any & all program-related questions, ideas, or suggestions. CTC is what it is because of the involvement of so many diverse voices, so don’t be shy about sharing any thoughts you may have with us. I am incredibly proud of all of the amazing program accomplishments from 2012 and can’t wait to track them and report them even more in 2013. Thanks for being a part of this journey with us!

aDult lIteRacy pRogRam

The community demanded it and we responded, now offering 3 classes per week for adults of all abilities to improve their reading, writing, and math skills. 92 students are registered, with 30-35 of those attending class 3 times each week. Classes are divided into 2 sections based on ability (basic literacy or post literacy) and built with curriculum from the Kenya Institute of Education.

CTC staff member Ruth Mureithi is leading the program, overseeing 2 tutors who are both trained in adult education. The basic literacy class receives training on English, Kiswahili and math, while post literacy students are trained on English, Kiswahili, math, social studies, and science. We plan to add additional lessons soon on HIV/AIDS, micro-credit, budgeting, and more.

lIVeStock co-op

Officially launched in September, the Livestock Co-op is a collaboration with leading Kenyan cheese producer Brown’s Cheese to provide farmers with a steady market and a fair wage for the sale of goat’s milk and sheep’s milk. There are many farmers trying to sell milk from their livestock in Maai Mahiu and surrounding Maasai regions, but up until now they have had to travel long distances to sell milk, typically with little profit for their efforts. CTC is now offering a centralized location and consistent market for these farmers to sell their milk. Thanks to the growing success of the cheese business, Brown’s Cheese has requested to buy as much milk from us as farmers can make available.

Former Kenya Director and current TRIBE member Nathan Dillon was instrumental in securing the partnership with Brown’s, and Jennifer Fluder, one of our Kenya volunteers, raised all of the start-up costs for the project. We hired Samuel Gikonyo, who has been volunteering as CTC Environmental Assistant since April, to manage the project full-time. We are now collecting approximately 30 liters of milk per day and are working to recruit more farmers. We’re also planning to serve goat cheese crêpes at Café Ubuntu for a true farm-to-table experience!

lIFe banD pRoDuctIon

Thanks to large product orders from our partner Allegro Coffee, we’ve been able to hire over 400 Maasai women to make traditional beaded leather bracelets for sale in Whole Foods Markets throughout North America. Prior to this order, the largest volume that this co-op of women had ever produced at one time was 600 bracelets. For CTC thus far, they have produced 20,940 bracelets, which equates to approximately 33,168,960 beads! We’re excited to offer so many Maasai women a chance to earn a stable living while still preserving their traditional livelihood and art form. LIFE Bands, along with LIFE Bags, LIFE Change, and more LIFE Jackets, hit the Allegro Coffee counters in Whole Foods stores on October 31, so go check them out at a store near you!

How mAny people in KenyA Does tHe l.i.F.e. line support?

27 Malaika Mums400+ Maasai Mums1 sewing teacher (Liz)2 managers (Brigid and Veronica)22 employees at Leather Works75+ employees at Color Creations100+ employees at Sunflag

5 caretakers for students at Malaika Kids school1 occupational therapist at Malaika Kids school81 children of Malaika Mums1800+ estimated kids & grandkids of Maasai Mums

totAl inDiviDuAls supporteD by tHe l.i.F.e. line = 2,514+

5 caretakers for students at Malaika Kids school1 occupational therapist at Malaika Kids school81 children of Malaika Mums1800+ estimated kids & grandkids of Maasai Mums

totAl inDiviDuAls supporteD by tHe l.i.F.e. line = 2,514+

DeVelopment oF ouR lanD

Construction of Café Ubuntu, though over-budget and behind schedule, is finally completed! We broke ground on the building June 25th with a team from Whole Planet Foundation and have been paying a local construction company to work steadily on it ever since. Check out photos of the progress on our website. While we had planned for the Café to open and begin serving the community this fall, we decided to postpone the opening until 2013 to ensure that we’re fully prepared to operate a café at our own high standards of excellence. Whole Foods is generously assisting us with the project, advising on the most efficient layout, suggesting recipes, and even sourcing for equipment donations from their stores. We’re also establishing a 2-acre garden on our land so that we will have our own locally-grown vegetables to use in recipes for the Café. Whole Foods is sponsoring the purchase of an espresso machine and we plan to officially open the Café in July 2013. As Jeremiah likes to say, “We’ve come from far!”

WaSte management

Our Waste Management program, though growing quickly now, has taken much longer to get off the ground than we expected. The local government told us that we would have their support (including tax dollars collected specifically for waste management services), but they have not cooperated as promised. The culture of corruption has made the launching of our services even more difficult, but we have slowly been making progress in correcting community misconceptions and proving to clients that our service is dependable.

Another unforeseen obstacle was that a large portion of the community lacked conviction that such a service is even worthwhile. Since Maai Mahiu has never had waste management services before, most people don’t recognize all of the increased health benefits that result from a cleaner town (not to mention the improved aesthetics!)

We currently collect trash twice per week (Tuesdays & Fridays) from 139 paying clients. We have also started collecting compost that we’re using in our gardens and hope to start selling to local farmers next year. The program is still a long way from being self-sustaining, but we’re hoping that all of the tedious groundwork laid in 2012 will translate into more clients and stronger community support in 2013.

moRe upDateS:mAlAiKA KiDs - We now have 30 students enrolled, 25 full-time and 5 who attend part-time for therapy.

poultry project - While this project has consistently generated excitement in the community, it is not yet as profitable as we had anticipated. We have been working closely with IIRR (the International Institute for Rural Reconstruction) in Kenya to refine our business plan and analyze where we should focus our efforts to generate the greatest profit (eggs, chicks, or broilers).

ngeyA gArDen & environmentAl club - We’re collaborating with Mama Hope and Yes to Carrots to replicate the Ngeya Primary School Environmental Club and training garden to 2 other schools in 2013. We will be hiring a new staff member soon to help establish gardens at Maai Mahiu Primary School and Namuncha Primary School. We are excited to spread the joy of our Environmental Club to over 1,450 new students at these 2 schools in 2013.

youtH empowerment - CTC now has a dance team consisting of 14 youth who practice several times each week in our Resource Center. Their performances often incorporate key life lessons for youth, including HIV/AIDS awareness and education on other key social and health topics.

gApA - 56 grandmothers in our GAPA program (Grandparents Against Poverty and HIV/AIDS) have been trained on soap making & mat making, and 80 grandmothers have been trained on beadwork for the bracelets now for sale in Whole Foods. All of the grandmothers in our program have been registered with Tiger Vision, a local SACCO (Savings and Credit Co-op) where they can receive micro-loans to support their small business endeavors. We have also renovated (and in some cases, entirely rebuilt) 34 grandmothers’ homes this year to address health and safety hazards.

Hiv/AiDs AnD HeAltH services - We’ve tested 884 individuals for HIV through September 2012.We treated 1251 patients through our summer medical camps, ranging in age from 3 weeks to 90 years old. We also host school health clubs for over 350 students at 8 local schools.

teAms - We’ve had over 105 individuals travel with us on 8 teams so far this year, and we have another team of 10 volunteers scheduled to arrive in Kenya on New Year’s Eve.

neW FaceS:

mArtin milimu: Martin, a Western Kenya native, joined our Kenya staff in April 2012. Martin worked with the Autism Society of Kenya for 2 years and is now the Occupational Therapist for our Malaika Kids school for youth with special needs. The skills and experience he brought have already

accelerated our program to a whole new level, adding specialized physical therapy on a more frequent basis, as well as home visits and training for parents.

teesA bAHAnA: Though Teesa is not technically a new face, she is new to our Kenya office! After working for 1 year in our U.S. office, Teesa transferred to Kenya, where she is now much closer to her family in Uganda. She’s serving as Executive Assistant, doing a bit of everything under

the sun as she assists Jeremiah and helps organize our Program Coordinators to manage all of our bustling program operations on the ground.

brigiD gesAmi: Brigid joined the CTC Kenya Team as LIFE Line Operations Manager in September 2012. She brings with her 8+ years of experience in project management, strategic planning, and monitoring & evaluation. In her short

time with us, she has already increased efficiency in our LIFE Line production and is working to expand our markets for the products within Kenya.

sAmuel giKonyo: Originally from Central Kenya, Sammy joined CTC in the spring of 2012 as an intern assisting Rocky in the Environment Program. He is an incredibly hard worker who quickly proved himself as a vital asset to our team, and in September we were

excited to hire him on as a staff member. He is now our Livestock Co-op Coordinator, organizing farmers and collecting milk from both sheep and goats as we partner with Brown’s Cheese Company.

FaReWellS:

speciAl tHAnKs to Rebecca Mbuti, CTC’s Education Coordinator, for all of her work in building CTC’s education programs over the past 2 years. Rebecca has moved on from CTC to work with a non-profit focusing on women’s rights in Kibera slum, and we wish her all the best!

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