Friends of Dagoretti Children

Jane Wanjiru - working hard for a good outcome

It is always such a pleasure to report back on success stories and particularly when a student's hard work has paid dividends! 

Jane Wanjiru has been standing in for Catherine, our social worker, during Catherine's maternity leave. She has been covering the FDC office to meet parents and students alike, offer sound advice and and help the committee, in all sorts of ways, to provide a constant presence until Catherine returns.

Jane Wanjiru

In between all of this she has been looking for permanent employment in the environmental sector and we are pleased to report that following an interview in Kitui with a company called Machine Centre Ltd, she has now secured a job on a contract basis - working one week in every month. 

Machine Centre Ltd is running a very interesting sounding project, contracted to them by the Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development through the Kenya Informal Settlement Improvement Program (KISIP). The project will encompass the improvement of Informal Settlement infrastructure in Kitui - including roads, sewer systems, water connection, installation of street lights and solid waste management.

Jane will be working on the following:

• helping the youth in these informal settlements to form a community based organisation (CBO).
• training the youth how to run these CBOs, highlighting the opportunities and challenges.
• training them in solid waste management
• training them on how they can earn a living from waste collection

Jane will also be in charge of occupational health and safety issues for the project.

She will be busy - but we have every confidence that she will do an excellent job and be a credit to herself, FDC, her educational institutions and last but not least, to her family! 

Good luck Jane! 

Jane shows round a visitor from Scotland while manning the FDC office