Moringa School graduates the first cohort of Maasai morans in software development skills
Entaisere é Kenya is an educational program run by the Memusi Hope Foundation that aims at equipping young men and women from various wards within Kajiado Central Constituency with software development skills and possible placement in employment.
The partnership between Memusi Hope Foundation and Moringa School which began in August 2022, aims to equip individuals living in remote parts of Kenya with tech skills, specifically Software Engineering skills.
The target was to Graduate 34 students, however, they managed to graduate 21 students in software development including coding.
During the 5-week program, Moringa School was in charge of:
- Covering the five-week program tuition fee.
- Provide technical expertise and laptops for all the students.
3. Provide transport stipend for all the students during the training period.
4. Organize for a Technical Mentor Apprentice/Graduate Volunteer to support students in person twice, a week.
Other sponsors/ partners include; Huawei Technologies Kenya, Ostatech Limited and SANTOS OKOTTA (Grant Consultant) and Kenya National Information Centre (KENIC).
In addition, the partners will also be expected to work towards at least 80 per cent job placement of the graduates with The Memusi Hope Foundation taking lead on this.
After the graduation, which took place on Friday 11th November 2022 at Tumaini Gardens in Kajiado County, the students will get into graduate placement programs and job searching. While Memusi foundation will take ownership of helping students secure jobs the students are also encouraged to also look for jobs from their end as well.