Friends, as we transition into our new building we are excited to begin building out our digital learning space, and establishing Jitegemee as a leader in web and mobile phone software development training for students in the Machakos, Kenya area. As such, Jitegemee is currently accepting proposals to develop a computer lab by June of 2015 and launch a pilot class focused on web development skills for at least 15 students that will run daily for at least three months. The purpose of this … [Read more...]
Jitegemee Places Second in GlobalGiving Challenge
Thanks to Jitegemee's generous supporters, we won second place in GlobalGiving's July 2010 Green Open Challenge— for both total donations and most unique donors. Combined with our matching grant, our $23,250 raised and $7,000 in bonuses totals $60,500 for our new "green" education center! This is huge for an organization with an annual budget of $70,000 a year. Watch the YouTube video below to find out more about what coming in second in the competition means to us. (Special thanks to … [Read more...]
Architect’s General Plan Unveiled at Board Meeting
The architect's general plan for our new "green" education center was unveiled and finalized April 24, 2010, at a fundraiser and board meeting in Boston. The project will cost about $200,000. The final design and plan reflects the recommendations the Jitegemee Board of Directors and the volunteer architects from the Washington, D.C., chapter of Architects for Humanity made in December 2009 to the planning committee in Machakos, Kenya, along with the planning committee's subsequent … [Read more...]
New Building Project Workshop Video
Jitegemee has partnered with the Washington, D.C., chapter of Architecture for Humanity (AfH) to design our new center. AfH is a group of volunteer designers that promotes design solutions to global, social and humanitarian problems. In August 2009, Rayya Newman and Mark Palmer, two volunteer architects, visited Kenya with Jitegemee board members to begin the design process. They conducted a five-day workshop introducing our teachers, parents and students to environmentally sustainable designs, … [Read more...]
Plans to Build New Center Moving Forward
Jitegemee is pushing forward with plans to build a new center, where we can build classrooms big enough for our expanding program, dorms for homeless youth, a permanent kitchen for our feeding program and a library. Jitegemee has entered into a contract to buy a one-acre plot of land in Machakos on which our new center will be built. We plan to complete the sale in 2009 and begin construction in 2010. To make the dream of a new center a reality, Jitegemee will need to raise $150,000. A … [Read more...]