SISTERS OF MERCY

MERCY VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE CHEPARERIA

CONSOLIDATED REPORT 2017

  

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Table of Contents1. SISTERS OF MERCY - KENYA..........................................................................................2

1.1 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................2

2. Mercy Vocational Training Centre (MVTC) – CHEPARARIA............................................3

2.1 Introduction...........................................................................................................................3

2.2 Vision....................................................................................................................................4

2.3 Mission.................................................................................................................................4

3. ADMINISTRATION..............................................................................................................4

3.1 Staff.......................................................................................................................................5

4. STUDENTS INFORMATION...............................................................................................6

5. FEES STRUCTURE AND COURSES OFFERED................................................................7

5.1 Other sources of Income.......................................................................................................8

5.2 Breakdown........................................................................................................................8

5.3 Hiring of Hall and Accommodation..................................................................................8

6. SUCCESS STORIES OF THE MERCY VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTER................8

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1. SISTERS OF MERCY - KENYA

1.1 INTRODUCTION

The Sisters of Mercy are an International Congregation of vowed religious women in the

Catholic Church. They draw their attention from Catheine McAuley who founded the order in

1831 in Ireland. They have spread throughout the world in countries which include:

South Africa, England, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Kenya, France, Nigeria, Peru, United States, and

Zambia where they continue the work which their founder initiated.

In Kenya they came in 1956, and they have spread to various parts of the country as far as

Turkana. They have a special focus of working with people who are poor, marginalized

and disadvantaged by socio-economic, geographic, political, and environmental conditions

because of systems, structures, and strategies that make people and the environment poor.

They have invested and worked tirelessly in the alleviation of poverty through instituting

various schools, colleges, vocational training facilities, rehabilitation facility, health care,

spiritual formation and social ministries.

The map below shows how the sisters of Mercy have spread to various parts of the

country.

This map shows the initial areas where the Sisters of Mercy had their centers in. (Areas such as Ngarariga, Masii are not part of the Centre’s at this time)

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2. Mercy Vocational Training Centre (MVTC) – CHEPARARIA

2.1 Introduction

MTVC is an institution which was established in May, 2000 by the Sisters of Mercy.

The school is located in a serene environment which is conducive for learning and

promoting strong Christian values. The aim of the Centre is to provide education for

girls and young women in various skills including cookery/nutrition, machine

knitting and dressmaking, tailoring, entrepreneurship, literacy Kiswahili/English,

computer classes and also artisan. These courses are over and above those being

offered to the less able students who many have no formal education. These are

girls/women who are either drop outs, primary school leavers or have never attended

school, or those who have been rescued in the community and are in urgent need of

skills through which they can earn their living. Most of them come from poor

families where they face lots of challenges and hardships.

West Pokot has one of the lowest literacy levels in Kenya .The glaring needs can be

attributed to the adherence to retrogressive cultures embraced by the Pokot

community such as FGM –Female Genital Mutilations, Early and forced marriage,

cattle rustling among other things. It is felt that a girl has little value in the area and

can be married off and is of little value in her household. Both boys and girls are held

back from education chances by the cultural values of tending to animals for boys and

early marriage for girls.

In respond to the needs of the People the Sisters

of Mercy through family and friends made a

great contribution to the development of this

needy area. They erected a nursery school, a

skills training facility, a small dormitory and a

chapel for the secondary school students.

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2.2 Vision“To be a leading Technical institution in providing qualified reliable and self-reliant members of

the society”

2.3 Mission“To empower students through training in technical and social skills in-order to promote holistic human development and self – reliance”.

3. ADMINISTRATION The college is run by Sr. Veronica Quigley who is a Sister

from the Sisters of Mercy. She is assisted by Ms Linah Lelei

and Ms Mercy Chebet

The Sr. in Charge is tasked with inspiring and motivating staffs

and giving them support they need so that they can also

perform their duties with due diligence.

She is also responsible of ensuring that the culture and values

of the Sisters of Mercy is felt and reciprocated to all the people who visit the college.

It’s through their dedicated efforts that girls are able to sit for their grade tests and examinations

through KNEC examinations and pass. Many who have passed through the school have recieved

employment in various companies, others start their own businesses e.g. Salons and Hair beauty

shops around Chepararia and also in Kitale.

Together with the Management they also introduced internship programs for the girls/students

who are in their final year of their education to gain real life training experience on their field of

study and also to liaise with other people in different areas with an intention of forming an all-

round individual who is well suited to the current market demands in an ever changing society.

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3.1 StaffCurrently the Mercy Vocational Training Centre has a total of 17 dedicated staffs. The teaching

staffs usually work together to plan lessons and activities in order to incorporate a combination

of:

Problem solving opportunities

Impacting them with knowledge about real life

Giving them skills which will help them undertake various jobs thus enabling them to be

self-reliant

MERCY VOCATION TRAININIG CENTRE TEACHING AND NON TEACHING

STAFFS

1 STELLA CHEBET 10 SILAS CHESEREK

2 GLORIA KANYANYI 11 STELLAH LOITANGIRO

3 RODAH CHEBOI 12 MUSA KIYER

4 CAROLINE AWINO 13 SOLOMON BARASA

5 AGNES PARMOLA 14 CHRISTOPHER LOPETA

6 LINAH LELEI 15 SELINA BENSON

7 JACKLINE OSIAKO 16 TITUS LONYARENG

8 JOYCE CHEPKIACH 17 SIMON CHUMANGURA

9 MILLICENT ADHIAMBO

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Figure 1 Some of the Teachers of MVTC with Catherine (Safe Guarding Director)

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4. STUDENTS INFORMATION Currently the college has a total of 132 students taking different courses in the College

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5. FEES STRUCTURE AND COURSES OFFERED

Mercy Vocation Training Centre charges the following Fees on students taking different

courses.

Course Fees per Student Per Year

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KshDress Making Course 23,450Tailoring Course 20,100Hair dressing Course 25,950Food and Beverages Course 30,000Computer Course 5,700Knitting Course 5,000

5.1 Other sources of Income The college generates other incomes from the following sources:

Hiring of the Hall -

Accommodation (to other people) -

5.2 Breakdown

5.3 Hiring of Hall and AccommodationThe college charges the following rates

Hall Facility / Conference - 3,000/=

Meals for Participating Per Day

Water - 140/=

Snacks / Tea - 150/=

Lunch - 410/=

4 O’ clock Tea/ Snack - 100/=

Room (Bed only) Per Night - 500/=

6. SUCCESS STORIES OF THE MERCY VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTER

One of the main success stories of the MVTC is the construction of the new facilities by

the collaboration of the Sisters of Mercy and the Misean Cara Fund.

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Students Hostels Staff Quarters

Currently the student’s hostels can accommodate more than 150 students.

The staff houses can accommodate 8 teachers each in a two bedroom house. This enables the teachers to dedicate their time in the college

2 Multi-Purpose Hall and Kitchen

Also the Sisters of Mercy are in the process of acquiring a piece of land near the school

which might help in building and extending the College and hence offering various

courses to the local people.

The college through collaboration of the local government has established a water

program in which the local government was to drill a water borehole to provide water for

the students since the area is arid.

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