BARINGO STAKE HOLDER’S AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITION

Marigat District stakeholders organised for a county field day on 15Th June 2011 held at National Irrigation Board Model farm.The exhibition attracted over 500 people, among these were farmers, students and pupils from Agriculture clubs within Baringo county.

Various stakeholders who exhibited their products and services included: Arid Lands Information Network, Ministry of Agriculture,Kenya Agricultural Research Institute,Kenya Commercial bank among others. Click to see details

KCSE Results online at the Maarifa Centre

FREE ACCESS TO INFORMATION

Marigat maarifa Centre offers free access to information for all community members including the youth,disabled ,children,women and men of all age groups.

Below are the services offered at the maarifa centre:

Internet services

Computer training (Basic skills)

Library (Primary books, secondary, magazines, books, CD ROMS etc)

Advisory services

What is a Maarifa Centre?

A room or ‘fabricated container’ for information access and dissemination it is established in collaboration with local partner institutions.

· Equipped with at least 5 (five) or more computers with Internet access.

· An information hub where local knowledge is documented by communities and shared widely.

· A center equipped with information resources that include: publications, newsletters, research reports and electronically stored information such as CD ROMs, audiovisual material and compendiums.

· Managed by a Field Officer and volunteer Community Knowledge Facilitators (CKF) and an advisory committee drawn from local stakeholders

Ilng'arua Dissemination point take off

In a bid to bridge the digital divide, Marigat Maarifa Centre opened a dissemination point at Ilng'arua location, Marigat District.Ilng'arua is located approximately 6 Kms from Marigat township a journey through rough road.Their main challenge is transport, there is only one pick-up that comes to Marigat in the morning and leaves at 6PM.

Communities living in the area are the Ilchamus (Njemps) .They are pastrolists but practice small-scale farming. See full Details

Information impact from Maarifa Centre

JOB THROUGH MAARIFA CENTRE

Marigat Maarifa Centre serves the needs of the communities by providing diverse information to improve their livelihoods.65% of the maarifa centre users are the youth, who mostly come for computer training, reading newspapers, face book, blogging and visiting sites for job vacancies.
We interviewed a frequent maarifa user who landed a job recently through maarifa centre; he had all the reasons to smile as his dreams came to pass:See full Details

ALOE SPECIES FIELD DAY

Aloe species field day was organized by Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI)-, Marigat station at Loruk centre. It was aimed at providing an opportunity to local communities and other stakeholders in sharing experiences on Aloe species, aloe products and Aloe Management.
The species are important plants that have received great attention in recent years as a source of human health care products, and for their role in environmental conservation and rehabilitation of degraded areas.
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