Course 2 and 3 Selection.

It was only yesterday, when everyone was celebrating from there qualifying for the course one level then. Now it’s a different story. Over the past few months 300 plus students have been working for the next level. Now it was time to look at what their work had amounted to.

The day was bright and all the Nairobits trainers were up and about preparing for the interviews. The students were all enthusiastic and nothing seemed to would cloud their day.

The interview kicked off as scheduled at 10 am at the Go down art Centre Nairobi. The panelist involved



group 1-
Wilson Masaka and Stella Pamba

Group 2-
Roy Philip and Amanda Chew

Group 3-
Damaris Moragwa and joseph Mbithi

 

Group 4-
Samuel Muraya and Emily Anyango

Group 5-
David Mwangi and Geoffrey Otieno








Coordination- Tobias Ouma
Photography- Ken Kioli

The interview continued for the better part of the morning without any hassles. The student waited patiently each one of the waiting for what was insured for them. The interviews were an opportunity to get one on one gimps of what the future of the course 2 and 3 would look like. This was followed by a close review of their 2 months in course 1 as well as an internal exam set and overseen by their training team.

Their performance during the interview proved that each one of them deserved the right to proceed to the next level. Making the cut was difficult and this only made the day longer for all the trainers. The students went through the process and were then relied and the trainers left to make the final review on the students’ performance. A quest that took the team till the late hours of the night.

But in the end, the choices had to made; and out of all the ups and down of the following day, the wait was over. The entire Nairobits training team was met by an enthusiastic lot waiting to hear what was in stored for them. And then we had it. The new course 2 and 3 class of July to December 2012. The entire course will take the next 6 months. Where they will be expected to and adopt new skills not only in design, but animation and development.

This time the selection was a bit different for all the other times. This was because the number of students selected for the level was increased from the usual 60 students to 90. This was due to the opening of a new course 2 and 3 Centre in maj mazuri. This greatly increased the chances of even more students learning.

Congratulations to the students who got selected. All the best.

Visit by Quest team

A team of leaders in development will visit NairoBits on the 27^th March. They need to understand our competencies and what we have done in the past. Therefore they will need two students to share with them about NairoBits and how their lives have been impacted by llifeskills, Entrepreneurship, SRHR and ICT courses. They will also listen to us and brain storm on how we can get to the next level. Of course this will involve identifying gaps and strengths.

FGD And Educational Excursion At Rowallan National Scouts Camping And Training Centre On 24th March 2012

NairoBits courses seek to promote positive formation of self; positive relationships; healthy habits; good communication skills; and, positive attitudes and behavior. By so doing, these courses address health related problems; school and college dropout rates; crime and deviant behavior; abuse and exploitation; limited participation and lack of opportunities. The training uses sports and recreation as an entry point through which to engage youth around the main issues of concern.

Therefore to address these pertinent issues of life and soft skills, the first quarter FGD and educational excursion will this time take place at the Rowallan National Scouts camping and training center in Ngong on the 24th of March 2012. NairoBits students of all cadres of highly trained multimedia professionals are eligible to attend. The event will heavily lean on discussing life skills, debating about entrepreneurial skills and playing team building exercises.

Agenda

1. Routine check-up of Soft-skills levels.

2. Sexual Reproductive health Debate.

3. Entrepreneurship discussion.

4. Team Building: Games, Competition and much more.

Program

7:30-8:30- Participants meeting at the Go-Down arts center.

8:30-9:30- The buses leave and we ride to Rowallan Camp site.

10:00-12:00- Life-skills gauge and SRH debate (snacks served at 11:00am)

12:00- 1:00- Entrepreneurship-” Skills development”

1:00 -2:00- Lunch

2:00-5:00- Team building activities

5:00-6:30- Departure and drop off in Town

Participating centers

The following centers will have students participating in the event: Mukuru Medialab, FHOK’s course two and three, Majimazuri’s course two and three, and NairoBits main center’s Medialab.

Committee of planning and programming

Steve Wanyoike – Shopping

Linda Atieno - Program operation

Annah Mbura -Food and snacks

Lydiah Akello -Food and Games

Roy Philip -Entrance

Samuel Muraya -Games

Peter Gawo -Debate

Edgar Alochi -Debate

Andrew Longilai -Debate

Medialab committee- student’s welfare

Kennedy Kioli -Games

David Mwangi-Games

Stella Pamba- Games

Frankline May-Games

Geoffrey Otieno -Photography

Tobias Ouma -Transport

Myriam Wambui - Students welfare for the day/General management

Damaris Moragwa- Alumni representation

Joseph Mbithi - Students welfare for the day/General management

Wilson Masaka – Dress code and discipline

Victor Omondi – General coordination and movement of program

Generally we aim to achieve certain programatic abjectives as listed below:

• The FGD will take students away from their normal learning environment where they will be able to interact with other students.

• Sports and recreation will be used as an entry point through which to engage youth in the main issues of concern

• They (youth) will also take the opportunity to share their experiences from business clubs formed

Lastly under EU every quarter we are required to sensitize students on policies that affect them. Thus, the forum will be used to sensitize them on democracy, right to vote, importance of voting and the need to enhance peace.