SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

• Group photo of the presentation of Ups's outside the Computer Room. Sollatek sales manager Liz Musyoka (L), School Chaplain Paul Kyalo (M), Head Teacher Grace Kyulu(R)
• Installing the Ups's at the Computer Room. Computer room Manager Mohammed Mwaranye (L), Sollatek Customer Support Manager Brian Musomba (R)
• Grace standing next to the Braille papers
• Braille papers being loaded into Grace's van

Likoni School for the Blind

Sollatek Kenya has decided to make its support for the Likoni School for the Blind the company’s corporate social responsibility project for this year. The school is the only learning institution at the Coast which caters for blind children as well as those with impaired vision. During a visit to the school’s premises, the company’s top management was moved by the difficult circumstances under which the institution’s administration operates to provide this crucial service to the disabled children in our society.

We have had a number of meetings with the school’s head teacher and representatives of its primary donor, the Salvation Army, with a view to identifying the immediate areas of operation of the institution where Sollatek can make a difference by providing financial as well as technical support. It has been concluded that the school’s immediate requirements are:-

a) An embossing machine which will enable them to use cheaper Braille paper
b) Braille kits to be used during mathematics lessons
c) New netting for the dormitory windows as the old ones are completely worn out and the area is infested with mosquitoes thus exposing the boarding students to a high risk of contracting malaria
d) Construction of a perimeter wall as there is only a badly damaged wire fence currently which is barely a hindrance to intruders
e) Refurbishment of the kitchen operations as most of the cooking equipment is redundant and firewood is used for cooking. An ecologically healthy technology solution like biogas or solar for cooking looks like the way to proceed.
f) UPSs for the school’s computer lab where the computers currently lack back-up which makes them susceptible to data loss and or damage from bad mains voltage

On Friday 5th March 2010 Sollatek donated 10 units of the Ultima UPS 600VA at a total cost of KSh.41,000/- We are now actively sourcing for Braille kits and the embossing machine (which apparently is not available locally). We intend to canvass support from the African Braille Centre and other similar organizations in order to provide these materials to the Likoni School for the Blind. Should you wish to be enjoined in our CSR project or to assist Sollatek help the less fortunate in our society, please contact us on sales@sollatek.co.ke