Kimlea Girls Technical Training Centre

Choosing a career can be one of the most important decisions a young person makes. It is not simply about finding a job; it is about discovering a path that offers opportunities for growth, purpose and a future worth building. For many young people in Kenya, hospitality offers exactly that. Kimlea Students From hotels and restaurants to tourism, events, customer service and entrepreneurship, hospitality is a dynamic industry that brings together people, cultures and opportuni

Practical classes in Kimlea What if $620 could do more than pay school fees? What if it could open the door to a career, build confidence, and give a young woman the skills to earn a dignified living? For a girl growing up in Limuru, access to quality technical education can be the difference between limited opportunities and a future filled with possibility. At Kimlea Technical Training College, we believe education should go beyond the classroom. It should prepare young wom

Twelve kilometres. That is the distance between Veronica's home in Riara and Kimlea Girls Technical Training Centre in Kiambu. She walked it every morning. She walked it back every evening. Twenty-four kilometers a day, on foot, because her parents could not afford the bus fare. Because the coffee they picked; fifteen shillings for ten kilograms, the equivalent of a tenth of a Euro, left nothing for transport. Because Veronica had decided that whatever it cost her, she was ge

The tea fields of Limuru wake before the sun does. By the time dawn breaks over the Tigoni highlands, hands are already moving — steady, practiced, rhythmic — plucking the two leaves and a bud that will eventually find their way into tea bags sold across the world. These hands belong mostly to women. Many of them are young. Some are girls who should, by any measure, still be in school. Kenya is the world's largest exporter of black CTC tea. It is a fact celebrated in headline