Shalom House Hosts Seminar for Koinonia Staff

Koinonia community in collaboration with Kenya institute of Administration (KIA) held a weeklong seminar at Shalom House from March 28 to April 1.The short course namely Training of Trainers (ToT) was conducted by a team of lecturers from Kenya institute of Administration (KIA). Among the participants were Members of Koinonia staffs from various parts of the community projects including; Kivuli center, Shalom I.T Center, Anita’s home, Tone la maji and Ndugu mdogo rescue center.

The objective of the seminar was to build capacity, train trainers on Information Communication Technology (ICT), enhance knowledge in budgeting for programs, development, nutrition and rehabilitation of street children as well as administration of projects.

The Coordinator, Mr. Obondo Kajumbi, Technical adviser at Kenya Institute of Administration expressed his gratitude to Koinonia community for inviting him as well as the partnership as a ‘new beginning in progressive administration’. He lauded the participants for their cooperation during the training as well as their affinity to add knowledge.

Kajumbi expressed optimism with his class and reiterated that he was looking forward to more partnership with Koinonia Community as a bid to foster good relations between the two institutions.

The sessions were interactive and were conducted through lectures, dialogue, questions and answers, role plays, case study, discussions and group works.  Team work was highly accented based on an African proverb which states; if you want to walk fast go alone, but if you want to go further go with others.

Participants were awarded certificates at the end of the week’s training. One participant, Harrison Kyalo of shalom IT center was delighted for being part of the training and asked for more lessons either within or outside Koinonia.

“This kind of training will keep us abreast with the changing trends both in the administration and management sectors,” said Kyalo.

In line with Koinonia’s motto: We belong to each other; this training and many more to come will see to it that Koinonia Community develops into an efficient, cohesive and communal unit where issues that affect the society and those of Koinonia community are addressed. This is one of the many stepping stones towards realizing the growth of Koinonia Community.

The Kenya Institute of Administration (KIA) is a Public Management Development Institute. The Institute was established by the Kenyan Government in 1961.The main Purpose of the institute is to build human resource capacity and enhance management Skills.