.....I have plans to use the Mutomo Maarifa Centre  to guide the members on proposal writing and capacity building them on how to send the same through the internet.

“As a farmer, I am aware that new farming technologies emerge every other day. I will therefore utilize the free internet services at the Maarifa Centre to search for new farming technologies online” concludes Mr.Kisilu.

Student who covered the longest distance to attend classes

23year old Arnold Muthui was the longest distance trainee covering a distance of 35 KM every day to attend the computer classes.

.“I have been yearning to be computer literate for a long time but I could not achieve this as my parents could not afford pay for computer classes” says Muthui adding that he is very grateful for ALIN for providing the opportunity for he could not have afforded to gain ICT skills otherwise.

ICT training beneficiary analysis

Youth were the majority beneficiaries with 76 % while adults came second with 31 % .Below 18 beneficiaries had a 3 %

The training targeted members of the community and was attended by a mixture of beneficiaries which included high school graduates, civil servants, Community Development Workers and farmers. The non-working group constituted the large number of beneficiaries with 50 % followed by farmers with 20 %self-employed made 16 % while the civil servants made up for 14 %

The other class consisting 56 other trainees has already started and is in the second week of training.