Home Page       Welcome to MITS        About Us       Who We Are       The Street Ministry       Life in Kamulu       Young Mom's Program       MITS Media      Meet the Students       Meet the Students       Recently Graduated     Meet the Staff       Eastleigh Staff       Kamulu Staff       The Coulston's       The Conway's     You Can Help       Make a Donation       Sponsor a Student       Bring a Team       Write a Letter       Pray for Us       'Burlap Bag' Bible Study     Contact Us       Contact Us     Documentation       Important Docs	Life in Kamulu in 2009 We are grateful to all those who bless us with funds that we can use to bless the lives of street kids and help the church to grow in Kenya. The Center at Kamulu, 45 minutes driving from Eastleigh, has 35 acres in several plots, plus 4 acres that belong to the Coulstons.  All the acreage is fenced, and 12 acres are under cultivation, 4 with irrigation driplines.  The Coulstons built a house on one of their acres in 2008.  They have given plots to four team members who will build their own houses eventually. Francis and Maureen Mbuvi have already built a house.  The Girls' Center A stone compound that houses guest quarters, two dorm rooms for girls, a kitchen, showers and toilets has been built. Joel Njue lives in another house. The World Bible School office sits on the acre, the rest of which has banana trees and grows vegetables. John Wambu and family live nearby on one acre. There are currently 23 girls and 34 boys living at the Kamulu facility. All students study English, Math, Computers and Bible. Skills training is available to students once they turn 16. Students that are 17 participate in internships in businesses to further teach them needed skills, while they are also preparing to exit MITS after they turn 18 years old. The Boys' Center The 34 boys in our program (as of November 2009) live on a 7-acre property where they have two dorms, a basketball court, a water well and our water tower (where visitors stay), a soccer field and pens/houses for animals (which include cattle, goats and chickens).  Three acres are under dripline irrigation, where we grow tomatoes, kale, bananas, beans and other vegetables.   The Orchard We have more than 500 fruit trees planted in our orchard.  The trees are growing slowly, and it is a difficult work to keep weeds and grass out of the orchard.  In about 3 years we expect to have much fruit for street kids. The 20 Acres The 20 acres (it's a 12 minute walk from the boys' center at Kamulu) is in use. We have now fenced and plowed the property, and we have drilled the water well (more water than in our first well!), installed the generator, and built two skills training buildings. Robin and Nzioka have moved the woodworking program to the 20 acres. They are working with students Michael McKenzie, Ken Owino and Francis Cugia, who begins an inernship soon. They are busy making beds for the single moms' program. Jackton has opened the MITS Uniform Factory in the other half of the new building, and he has a shop in our little strip mall on the highway. He has 2 young women working with him there and 4 of our students as trainees.  Jackton has two new machines purchased by a friend in Nashville. They are making uniforms for us and for Rafiki Orphanage. The students also make jewelry (beautiful necklaces!) that we bring to the USA from time to time. The second building is for hairdressing and cooking.  Laurent Mogambi (a former student at MITS) has become the cooking instructor.  He currently works part-time while he finishes his commitment at the University of Nairobi.  He has already placed three students in internships in city restaurants.  MITS is seeking a hairdressing instructor. The 40 Acres At at area called Mountain View, about 40 minutes from Kamulu, MITS has 40 acres where we dream one day to build a Christian camp for street ministry and for churches in Kenya. The land is fenced but not developed. Value of this land is about $40,000.