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Sense of hope
We have seen and witnessed the potential in the lives of many youths in
Kenya. They need a chance. Through MACO, we are going
to offer to the Kenyan Industries the most competitive market environment
with the current technology that will make the students from our school
be able to meet the requirements of the target market. MACO
will strive to reach the rest of the citizens of Kenya who cannot afford
to go to the regular schools. They will pay a much lesser fee compared
to other schools. Technology is slowly growing in the third world countries.
It is becoming a great tool that companies and business communities are
adopting very fast. God has given us many of opportunities in our lives.
He has blessed us so we can bless other people.
We would like to bring some dreams come true to the youths whose hopes have gone unheard. MACO is interested in creating an environment for the youths who are committed to bringing a change not just for themselves, but also for the country and mostly for God. Therefore, MACO will create a Christian environment to educate the youths. If the current youths are given the opportunity to gain an education, there will be a great improvement in the living standards of many families. In turn, students from the school who wish to will be able to extend God’s word in their communities. MACO hopes to curb the potential youths lives' from ending up wasted in the streets. Population and CapacityMACO has a great potential of reaching hundreds and thousands of youths in Nairobi and across the country. We know that it will be a slow process at the beginning, especially with a lot of needs for the youths. The duration of study will be from 1 year to a maximum of 2 and half years depending on what the individual is studying ( see time frame ). We will be dedicated to hiring hard working, committed people whose interest will be to see that the poor youths in Kenya get a well-defined and relevant education.Property and FacilitiesThere could be a possibility of the organization to rent a building at the beginning or even buy one. Soon after MACO will look into finding a piece of land around or within the outskirts of Nairobi where most students can easily reach the school. The land will enable the organization to expand and meet its needs. The property would hopefully accommodate the following: classrooms, offices, activity halls, organization funtion halls, and sports facilities. We desire to have an athletic field that will be used by the youths from the school for sports activities. This will offer an exposure for MACO students, and also for people to get to know who we are. The organization will also hold sports events for the youths, which will strengthen our relationship with the existing foundations and create awareness to our community.The second phase will include building with the funds available. Assistance will be required to design the building plans for needed spaces listed above. We will create a computer networking system throughout campus, which will make it easy for the staff and students to access the information from the main server of the school. At the beginning, students will mostly be required to access the computers in the main computer lab. Assistants will be available to help the students go through the technological processes. Eventually, they will be able to access the computer system with desired rights. 
LocationThe school will be based in Nairobi since many organizations are located in the city. It is one of the fastest growing cities in Africa because the technology based businesses are expanding daily there. The highest youth population is targeting the city for these jobs. Unfortunately, we are expecting the costs of land to be more expensive in the city. Later we will consider other cities that are faced with the same needs. We will work with the already existing organizations outside and around Nairobi to help determine which students working with them who will benefit from MACO. We will look into the genuine cases of the needy youths around the city and not just anyone to get the special education. This is important because MACO wishes to help those who will not take advantage of the organization. When the youths from other organizations come to MACO, it frees up space for the youths to enter the pre-exisiting organizations for basic studies.EducationMACO will offer courses that will not only place its students in the job market, but also certify them by the Kenyan government. It will offer courses from software, hardware, networking and electronics to Biblical teaching. The Bible teaching will be fully based on the Bible and the students will learn to spread the word of God in truth. Students with potential to go back to their home areas and work with the local churches will help them a great deal.We will work hard to offer a variety of courses that youths can benefit from. Different courses such as, computers, electronics, and Bible studies will be provided. We will start with what is available to the organization at the beginning. MACO will require a great deal of support to begin the learning process. In addition, MACO will offer some small trade courses including woodworking and metal working. This will enable the youths to have various studies to choose from, especially the ones who may not have the desire for computer or electronic studies. Woodworking and metal working projects will enable the youths to learn a trade while at the same time work on projects to earn a percentage of income from profit made with the assistance of their teachers. RegistrationMACO realizes there will be a need to have an umbrella organization in the United States for its economic and institutional support. At the same time, the Kenyan government will be asked to assist in the registration of MACO in Nairobi.Research and Job placementWe will look into the current job market and research what is required of the students to give quality education that will meet the employers expectation. |
