St. Francis Training Centre – Kasarani

St. Francis Training Centre in Kasarani is a church-run technical college started by the Little Sisters of St. Francis, the Catholic congregation that also runs St. Francis Community Hospital in the same area. It grew out of language classes and skills training for refugees from the Great Lakes region in the late 1990s and was accredited as a technical training school and KNEC examination centre in 2013. It is registered with the TVET Authority, with a licence running to 2029. Courses centre on hospitality and care: catering and accommodation at artisan, craft and diploma level, food and beverage production and service, and baking technology, all examined by KNEC; tailoring and dressmaking through NITA trade tests; and competence-based caregiving, home-based care, healthcare support services and perioperative theatre technology assessed by TVET CDACC. It also prepares learners for German language proficiency examinations of the Goethe-Institut, useful for those aiming at care work abroad.