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Dear Friend:
These three rural youth polytechnics, which I have the privilege to work with, prepare rural youth as skilled artisan in tailoring, dressmaking, masonary, carpentry and joinery to become productive members of Kenyan society. Additionally, computer and agricultural studies are also offered. And as the advent of free primary education has now quadrupled the number of young people able to access formal education in Kenya so will the number of youth needing and wanting to train in polytechnics! Over70 % of our trainees are girls and almost 30 % are orphan youth, most of whom are in rural areas, these polytechnics are crucial centers for young people to learn community building skills .Yet these polytechnics receive no funding from the government or non governmental organizations. We need to raise more than 150,000 or approx $2000 every month for operational and training expenses to collectively serve the 100 young men and women enrolled in our three polytechnics. Therefore, we rely on the income generating activities, contracts, well wishers and local community for support to enable us to keep providing this high-quality training to our youth. I am now calling on our global community to express solidarity during this holiday season.

Please can you help us?
Here are ways that your donation will help empower Kenyan youth:
Ksh 500/- or just $7- could feed a trainee for whole month, helping him /her not go hungry
Ksh 1000/- or just $14 –could buy clothes and shoes for an orphan trainee for whole term
Ksh 2500/- or just $34- could pay for the repair and maintenance of tools used by trainees in their workshop for whole term
Ksh 5000/- or just $68- could provide quality training materials for an entire workshop for a whole month
Ksh15, 000 /- or just $ 205- could allow a trainee to pay tuition and board for a whole year
Ksh 25,000/- or just $ 342- could buy one new electrical sewing machine and related materials for advanced training for over 10 youth in a polytechnic
Ksh 50,000/- or just $ 685-could allow a youth to complete a full two year program at a youth polytechnic; take a trade test and receive a nationally recognized certificate to allow him/her to be self employed as a skilled artisan or to go on for further studies and training. As in the equivalent of an associate degree for just $685!
Ksh 100,000/- or just $ 1370-could invest in one graduating male and one graduating female youth to start his or her own business with the necessary technical and financial support to have the chance to be successful

Ksh 150,000/- or just $ 2055-could support the positions of 3 highly skilled instructors within a polytechnic for a whole year to continue providing market-relevant training
Ksh 300,000/- or just $ 4110-could allow for the creation of a community technology center with appropriate computer hardware and software that would enable over 1000 youth within the catchments area to access information and communication technologies
So this year, please consider aligning your holiday contributions to our polytechnics. The money will go directly to the intended purpose described above unlike many international charities where only a percent of the funds actually go directly to the beneficiaries. Your funds will not be lost in gas guzzling vehicles, fancy offices or unnecessary overheads. Every dollar or shilling of your financial contribution will be fully accounted for and deeply appreciated.
Please choose your support or even something in between and write a cheque to matinyani youth polytechnic and snail mail to P.O Box 1363-90200,kitui, Kenya.If you’d prefer to transfer electronically, please just reply to this message and I ‘will send you the bank details.
On behalf of my colleagues and their community leaders, thank you in advance for your support.

Yours truly,
Mr Sureel Singh
Business Advisor & VSO Volunteer