Community Road Empowerment (CORE)
Road Maintenance using Do-nou Technology
CORE Kenya with funding from the Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF) through the World Bank is implementing the project titled “Improved Livelihood Opportunities and Accessibility for Under-served Urban Communities in Meru, Kenya.”
Roads Rehabilitated
(Do-nou + Graveling)
Year 1: 10.83km
Year 2: 8.55km
Year 3: 7.6km
SMEs Registered and Trained
Year 1: 20 SME's
Year 2: 15 SME's
Year 3: 15 SME's
We Empower and Build Capacity
About Project
- Capacity building in road maintenance through the application of do-nou technology.
- Enhancement of livelihood opportunities in target communities in the County of Meru by empowering them to become SMEs.
- Project Management, monitoring and evaluation and knowledge dissemination.
Our Vision
Envisioning a world free of poverty and hunger for better livelihood.
Our Mission
Empower men, women and people with disability to be self reliant, to self develop and to self market.
Proposed Development Objectives
Create employment opportunities and skills in labor-based road maintenance, and
Improve the basic accessibility to the target population of the selected under-served urban communities of Meru town.
Latest News
Partners
Community Road Empowerment (CORE) held a successful County Dissemination Workshop where directors of SMEs formed by its beneficiaries had a platform to share experiences during their training in rehabilitation of access roads.
The workshop brought together various stakeholders including the Meru County Government, Meru Youth Service, Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA), Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA), Medium and Small Enterprise Authority (MSEA), Kenya Roads Board (KRB), Members of the Meru County Assembly and the National Government Administration Officers (NGAOs) who committed to help the 50 groups to acquire opportunities to use the acquired skills to earn a living.
CORE has been rehabilitating the access roads in Gitimbine, Majengo and Mjini for the last three years with funding from Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF) administered by the World Bank.
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Today, Community Road Empowerment (CORE), hosted a Community grant Steering committee at it’s Milimani offices in Meru County, made up of County Government Officials, Meru Youth Service (MYS), National Government Administration Officers (NGAOs), and Kenya Urban Roads Authority.
The steering committee confirmed the community grant steering committee members and it’s mandate, shared the CORE’s Access Roads rehabilitation project progress, shared community grants operations manual, and most importantly, reviewed the received business proposals by SMEs that were formed by the project’s beneficiaries.
This is a clear indication that grants totaling to Sh400,000 for each SME will be issued soon.
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The Meru National PolytechnicIn preparation for the upcoming training for 100 Community Roads Empowerment program beneficiaries in March this year, Officials from Kenya Institute Highway and Building Technology (KIHBT) and who will be conducting the training, in the company of County Government officials led by Lands, Roads and Public Works CEC Monicah Kathono and those from CORE led by project Manager Yuka Iwamura visited Meru National Polytechnic where the two-week training will be taking place. The delegation was received by Deputy Principal in-charge of Administration and Finance Lucy Ithima who took them round the institution especially in workshop rooms where the training will take place. This is in the spirit of ensuring the Project’s sustainability through capacity building of the beneficiaries who are expected to be contractors in future.
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