Monday, September 27, 2010

Its happening.

I think all friends of CTC have now figured that we have new faces in CTC – Kenya side. Rebecca Daniel, Charles Wachira and Benard owino have been very instrumental on helping CTC move into the next level. Only the activities and the impact on the community can attest to what they have brought on the table.

Our VCT clinic has been doing great and the larger community is thanking CTC family for saving them the journey to Kijabe, Naivasha and other distances they have to travel to get the much needed services. We are thankful that we can be able to make a difference.

The youth in Maai Mahiu have gone nuts wanting to be part of this vibrant organization that wants to walk with them, mentor them and help them narture their talents and allow them to talk while we listen. Oh how we need help to support the education and the talents of this young people in Maai Mahiu and create the much needed opportunity.

Rafiki Link is the talk of the schools this month. The activities that have been going on have been so engaging, thanks to Rebbeca and Mwaniki for their efforts to make this possible. The oncoming events are keeping them motivated more than one can imagine. Thanks for the new ideas team of bringing the students and the schools together to learn from each other.

Our Ubuntu days have been so successful in bringing the community together to address the issues of environment and health in Maai Mahiu. We were joined by friends from Texas last Saturday and we did it again. Cleaned the town, planted trees and talked about our responsibility and involvement in making this exercise successful and sustainable. We are on the move.

The climax of the month was the visit from Bristol Myers squibb – Technical assistance Program faculty. They led us in rigorous workshops to help our staff focus on the issues at hand. We can’t thank that team enough for the good work the did with us for those days

Please check out this space and keep yourself updated on what is coming up. Stay or become involved in the different programs that we are running here and welcome to Kenya to see it happen.

Jeremiah Kuria.










Monday, September 20, 2010

Rafiki link

Active and interactive is the Rafiki Link club whereby students in the west get to communicate and share ideas with those in Kenya. 
last week was all about introductions and communication. 
This week is pure fun with 'chalk for peace' .
lets come together and share this fun moment by sharing peace messages on side walks, walls, black boards e.t.c. using chalks.

By Rebecca Daniel
Rafiki link coordinator

Monday, September 13, 2010

CTC starts a HIV/ AIDs program

CTC HIV/ Aids program being our newest program has started on very well and we have started with weekly trainings for community mobilizers who will be our target group in Maai- Mahiu community and will be helping CTC in community mobilization as far as HIV/ AIDs is concerned.
CTC has opened a VCT clinic that was officially opened on 4th of September 2010. The turn ups for VCT services offered by CTC has been overwhelming. So far we have been able to test over 150 clients.
CTC in its endeavor to care for people living with HIV/ AIDs has been able to buy an ambulance due to the transportation problems that they face when going for their medication to the nearest hospital that is about 5 kilometers up the hills from Maai- Mahiu town.
We are hoping that this program will be of great benefit to the community of Maai- Mahiu where HIV/AIDs has been a great epidemic.

By
Charles Wachira
Program manager






Tuesday, September 7, 2010

CTC YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM

The main aim of this program is to empower our youths through their talents. The peer leaders usually meet twice per every month to organize for youth variety shows, the following are the recent youth shows that took place in Maai Mahiu where 250 youths came together for shows and 130 youths were HIV tested in this service that was offered by CTC HIV clinic during these shows before they went back to school.

  • Youth community service days (ubuntu)
  • Youth talent show
  • Youth back to school games
You could also follow up on the youth empowerment blog at http://ctcyouthprogram.blogspot.com to see our weekly updates.

By Bernard Owino
Program manager