Our vocational training programme was formed to help our young widows who have lost their husbands to aids and school drop outs to help them with a skill to earn a honest living and pull them out of prostitution. 

Since 1997 it has helped many hundreds of women who have gone through our course that goes for one year and they sit for Government Trade Test Grade 3. After these qualifications the ladies are viable and are skilled labourers eligible for employment at textile shops in downtown Nairobi. 

Twenty two ladies come in shifts to the vocational training department in VPM’s Korogocho campus.  Their instructor is Mrs Lydia Awuor  We are grateful to friends in the UK who have donated sewing machines and knitting machines. These are very well used, but require frequent maintenance. The ladies make the uniforms for the children in the school.   Needs : The programme needs staffing with a trainer, and the sewing and knitting machines need maintenance/ replacement.