Eastern Produce Kenya (EPK), a tea company in Nandi East Sub-County, has donated junior school science laboratories, Secondary school ICT laboratories, and special furniture to the special needs learners as a measure to enhance education, which is part of the companies Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of giving back to the community.
Taboiyat High School received an ICT laboratory, while Sireet, Kaputi and Chemomi junior schools received science laboratories, whereas three schools with Special Needs Education (SNE) units within the Sub-county namely Nandi Hills township, Lelwak and Kibabet primary schools, benefitted from the generous contribution of favourable tables, chairs and instructional materials from EPK Tea Company.
Speaking at Kaputi Junior School after commissioning the donations, EPK Company Director, Leah Kibiii, divulged that EPK is committed to supporting the education sector, thus uplift learners, terming education as key to developing the economy of the Country.
The Director noted that the Company is steadfast in supporting local students to ensure they are not left behind in the current competitive technological era, adding that the Company has a scholarship program that commenced last year and so far, seven students have been incorporated in the scholarship, among them one student with special needs.
