Nairobits (Nairobits Trust )

NairoBits Trust is a not-for profit organization based in Nairobi, Kenya. The trust was founded in 1999 by three Dutch professionals with a goal of improving the conditions of youth in the non formal settlements of Nairobi. Nairobits targets youth aged between 15 to 24 trains these youth in Web design and mainstream multimedia, entrepreneurship, reproductive health and life skills. Since it inception in 1999 and formal registration in the year 2001, Nairobits has changed lives of more than 7,000 vulnerable youth. Out of these more than 60 % are positively engaged in the formal economy.

Nairobits concept has been replicated in Addis Ababa Ethiopia; www.addisbits.org, Kampala; www.kampabits.org, Zanzibar; www.zanzibits.com and Musoma Information centre in Tanzania. Nairobits work can also be seen at www.nairobits.com
Nairobits board is responsible for setting overall organizational direction and policy while providing oversight and ensuring accountability. Nairobits program activities are carried out by a team of nine professional members of staff and ten interns.

Vision
Kenyan Youth making positive contribution towards a prosperous and balanced society.

Mission
Nairobits exists to positively change the lives of vulnerable youth in Kenya by improving their access to productive employment as well as their ability to cope with their social environment through creativity and innovation.

Nairobits model of working involves working with Community Based Organizations (CBOs) with roots in the non formal settlements. Currently Nairobits works with 30 CBOs. The rationale is that the CBOs have a better understanding of the environment they work in. The CBOs provide the youth that Nairobits trains.
Owing to the versatility of ICT, Nairobits also works closely with the private sector as partners in the training. These companies consist mainly those in the in the web design sector. They provide Nairobits with up to date information on what is obtaining in the ICT sector. They take part in the curriculum review and act as guest teachers during training. After training, they take the youth on as interns in their companies with more then 90% of then retaining the interns as employees. Currently Nairobits works with 36 companies.