The Community Housing Programme (2nd house) was completed, and GMCDG handed over keys to the beneficiary during a colourful celebration attended by the church, local administration, community members, IoT staff, and students in the East Yimbo location of Got Matar Village.

IoT students and staff planned Beatrice’s house (400 sq.ft) with her help. A total number of 140 students who are being taught to be masons, plumbers, electricians, blacksmiths, and carpenters are engaged in this joint learning by doing experience.

Beatrice Adhiambo Ouma is a 37-year-old widow to the late Daniel Ouma Ojwando, who succumbed to HIV and AIDS at the age of 36 in the year 2014, leaving her infected and a total of five children under her care, three boys and two girls. With their only source of livelihood, a plastic shop at Nyamonye centre, run and managed by her late husband, collapsed after his death.

Beatrice was and still is the only pillar of hope for her five children. She is hired for piecework labour on the farms and also does small-scale farming around her homestead. Despite dropping out in grade 7, she values education and supports her children to the best of her ability. Her first daughter, Linet, is a form four candidate this year(2025). Second son Fredrick is in form two, third son Evance is in grade 7, fourth son Paul is in grade 6, and her last daughter Sheila is in grade 1.

This is the second house that the IoT students and staff are constructing after completing Mary’s house who is the impoverished 80-year old widow of the land owner who gave the Community the land on which the Secondary School and IoT are built. Mary had moved in and was very happy! Please click on the link: (https://www.gotmatar.org/community-housing-programme/) to read the full story and see photos.