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KCB Foundation Report (Continued)• Installation of a drip irrigationsystem for afruit production farm forLORUSA along the RiverTurkwell in Turkana, inpartnership with the US-ADF.• KCB Made in Ugandain partnership with theUganda Small Scale IndustriesAssociation.This project aims to promote the growth and developmentof the cottage industry in Uganda. Over200 small scale entrepreneurs received businessskills training and formal training on their craft suchas tie and dye, briquette making, peanut processing.• In Burundi, 20 young entrepreneurs who participatedin the country’s only business plan competitionreceived training. Through the Up skilling BurundiArtisans Project, a further 20 entrepreneurs underwenttraining in product finishing, production techniqueand manufacturing standards.On completion of the course, thesebeneficiaries unanimously agreed toeach train and mentor 20 entrepreneurs.EducationObjective: Increase access toeducationInvestment: : KShs. 56,809,6651. Learning materials for over 200learning institutions across theregion2. Secondary school scholarships for240 bright but needy students• 533 SMEs received capacitybuilding training in Tanzaniaand they will be linkedinto the bank’s Biashara Clubin order to help them grow.• In Rwanda, rural saccos inall of the country’s five provincesunderwent businessmanagement skills trainingin budgeting and control andreceived laptopsEducationOwing to the increasing need to address the region’sskill gaps, Education continues to be a priority area forthe KCB Foundation to support. In Kenya, the influxof children in primary schools due to the free primaryeducation policy has meant that there is now a greaterdemand for secondary education and yet a large numberof families cannot afford the fees thus high drop outin the transition between primary and secondary level.East Africa’s newest nation, South Sudan is also buildinga skill base to drive the country’s growth thus the• The Foundation also partnered withthe Federal Chamber of Commerceand Industry of Burundi (CFCIB) tofundraise for the restoration of Bujumbura’smarket after it burnt downat the beginning of the yearPauline Ndonga of KCB Foundation (left), Anti jigger Brand Ambassador, Cecelia Mwangi(second from left) and CEO of Ahadi Kenya, Stanely Kamau (right) with one of thebeneficiaries of the Banana livelihoods Projects in Murang’a.K C B 2 0 1 3 A n n u a l R e p o r t a n d F i n a n c i a l S t a t e m e n t s39