The Normal Development Route

 Most girls get married earlier while the boys indulge in vices like robbery and drug abuse.

When you come from a place everyone is trying to run away from, you have to work twice as hard to bridge the socio-economic gap.

Nyakach is such a place, kids stay here until they’re done with high school, and then if you’re lucky to have a relative in a city, you can visit and look for opportunities there.

Those who get out are the lucky ones. They’re considered to have jumped the ship of destitution, but in reality, the cost of survival in the city is getting progressively high.

 Exorbitant rent rates, high transport costs, and utility bills make moving to the city an outcry.

Most villagers who move to town are left to scrape off what remains of the city— when the wealthy and affluent have mined their share of good fortune.

Limited to the ghettos of Nairobi, Kisumu, Mombasa, and other major towns, leaving the village without fluency in the tech language makes the kids dependent on casual work for survival in the city.

Life doesn’t get any better for the ones who remain in the village. They don’t have a lot of options.

Due to poverty, most parents don’t take their children through college, which reduces the possibility of ever interacting with a computer.

Thus, most girls get married earlier while the boys indulge in vices like robbery and drug abuse to pass the time or simply find meaning in a desolate world.

As it is, the village kids’ dreams are left at the abilities of their parents. There’s little in their control, and thus, few are motivated to pursue anything better.

But they deserve better!

The Dream Center Route

Think of a programmer working for tech clients remotely in the village.

We figured, if these kids can have a resource center to introduce them to the tech world earlier, they can have a better quality of life.

Think of a programmer working for tech clients remotely in the village where the cost of living is low.

With the introduction to careers like writing, coding, website design, a boy in Nyakach could be working for a US-based tech client and getting paid in dollars without having to move out of the village!

Having adequate resources in the village can curb rural-urban movement and enhance community development

The tech world is awash with opportunities. But the best part is that it empowers individuals to be starters of their own projects, reducing the dependence on employment.