Naivasha Prison will have its first education website in the next two months.
Naivasha welfare officer Moses Kodek said that plans are underway to have the education portal which will highlight the activities taking place in the facility.
Kodek said that the website is meant to encourage the inmates who are pursuing education while at the same time showing donors about the different lessons taking place in the facility.
Speaking to the press in his office, Kodek added that majority of the students had expressed interest in showcasing what they were learning to the outside world.
Kodek cited that there were more than 2,000 students pursuing education at different levels within the prison.
The website will consist of books and revision materials that the inmates use and will highlight stories of the in mates who succeed in different levels of education.
“We have very successful students, with six of them in different universities pursuing degrees in Medicine, Botany, commerce and law. Some are even doing distance learning in London Universities. We want to create a portal that will expose them to the outside world,” he added.
And at the prison, there was song and dance after the inmates received stationeries from well-wishers on Saturday morning.
The Kenya Red Cross and the Rotary club of Naivasha partnered for the exercise to help the inmates who have been having problems accessing the resources.
According to Tom Gacheru of the Rotary Club of Naivasha, “We were heart broken when we heard that they were sharing pencils and in some cases writing on the floor. They were also rewriting on the exercise books that were filled up. We decided to help them by donating the books.”
John Maina of the Kenya Red Cross said there was urgent need to continue giving them the materials.
“We hope that this is a long-term initiative as they will always need materials to write on. We are appealing to other well-wishers to help in supplying the books to them,” he added.
The inmates said they wanted to be part of organisations such as the Kenya Red Cross or the Rotary club but were limited as they could only access them when they are free.
An inmate, John Mwaura, said that they were ready to give humanitarian help in times of emergencies
Another inmate, Joseph Omondi, said that they were willing to put aside some cash that they got through the welfare office to sponsoring such organizations.
Kodek appealed to the organisations not to side-line them.