We began the morning attending meetings for innovative business proposals in Kithoka. The MichiKen group is investing 500,000 Kenyan Shillings or approximately $5,000 US Dollars into the area in hopes to increase jobs, innovation, and standard of living. The ideas ranged from; pie companies, chicken farming, milk production and much more. The committee will soon narrow the ideas down from the 97 applications to 10 best business ideas. Then decide who gets the grants after a second round of interviews.
Kithoka Primary School
In the afternoon the MichiKen crew traveled to the Kithoka Primary School with a big bag of toys, games, balls, and fun! While the Med Students taught 7th and 8th grades Sex Education, the rest of us got to play! The kids don't often get to have fun like this; recess normally is held in this bare field with a deflated ball at best, and class rooms cannot afford art supplies or even necessities such as books, paper and pencils. The government pays the school a stipend of $1.50 US every three months per child and their families cannot afford to pay much more. Children from this school are often from broken homes or squatters, most do not have enough food to eat, and without schooling have little hope for a better future.
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