Now imagine same Kenyan land but with a self-sustaining community center that:

• provides orphans and children with care, nourishment and baby classes

• offers teenagers and young adults the necessary educational resources and facilities

• improves the livehoods of local farmers • empowers women by offering numeracy and

literacy trainings

You can stop imagining!

The Smart Community Center is a REALITY under construction

Imagine Kenyan land beyond stunning parks and wild animals, where:

• children and orphans lack the basic necessities and chance to go to school

• teenagers and young adults cannot afford education and lack life and vocational skills to secure a decent and independent future

• women lack the necessary skills to generate wealth and sustain their children

• farmers are unable to secure agricultural yields and benefit fom natural resources they have.

This land is Ugenya with several collated villages, located in western Kenya, close to

How can you help to make this REALITY move forward? Contribute to the development of the Smart Community Center and be part of an initiative that has the potential of improving the lives of hundreds of Ugenya inhabitants.

Donate now! Account no: 363-5155984-86 IBAN: BE78 3635 1559 8486 BIC/Swift: BBRU-BE-BB-010

Smart Community Center Kenya, Ugenya

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. ― Nelson Mandela

Why a Smart Community Center is needed in Ugenya?

Hint: 1 euro = 1 more child nourished per day 3 euro = 1 more teenager having a revision book 10 euro = 1 more youth adult trained in ICT

Photo by K. Lagiewka, Kenya Jan 2012

Photo by K. Lagiewka, Kenya Dec 2011

How will these goals be achieved?

The Smart Community Center will offer a set of project activities:

• Educational and development program for orphans and vulnerable children, along with basic health services and meals prepared from food grown on a demonstration farm

• Vocational training and general education for young adults, namely informatics courses and tutorials on agricultural skills, which improve teenagers income-generating capabilities and their changes of succeeding national examinations

• Agriculture development and capacity building programs for farmers, with trainings on technological developments aimed at enhancing productivity and trading capabilities

• Microenterprise development programs for women designed at empowering women through literacy tutorials, the development of entrepreneurial capacities and basic business skills

Who launched the Smart Community Center initiative?

The Community Support Group (CSG), a Kenyan NGO established in 2011, in the Kibera slums of Nairobi, which aims at promoting sustainable development by pooling resources within the community.

For more information on the CSG, please check http://www.csgkibera.org

Check also a CSG’s partner running health projects in Ugenya, the Matibabu Foundation www.matibabukenya.org

Photo by K. Lagiewka, Kenya Dec 2011

Photo by K. Lagiewka, Kenya Dec 2011

What are the goals and objectives of the Smart Community Center?

Promoting sustainable rural development in Ugenya by:

• Increasing access to early childhood development programs for orphans and vulnerable children living in the rural communities

• Enhancing the income-

generating skills of teenagers and young adults while producing revenues for the center

• Helping connect poor

and vulnerable women with the resources needed to launch successful microenterprises

• Establishing a

demonstration farm to help teenagers develop agricultural skills while growing food for the center

• Improving the

livelihoods of farmers through agricultural programs through the use of technology to improve yields and enhance trading capabilities