Child and Youth Empowerment Centre
Nyeri, Kenya

CYEC is a project of the Street Families Rehabilitation Trust Fund - an organization established by the government of Kenya as a public-private sector partnership to oversee the national program for street dwelling children, youth and families. The CYEC is located in Nyeri, the capital of the Central Province, about 75 km north of Nairobi. It currently serves 160 children in residential and non-residential care and a further 40-50 at its associated drop-in center. The Mashavu team visited CYEC in summer 2008. CYEC has agreed to pilot the Mashavu system. A large team from Penn State is working with CYEC on another project involving building eco-villages as an exit strategy for the street-dwelling youth.

Penn State University Students
University Park, PA

The students involved with Mashavu come from a variety of backgrounds. Each class member contributes to the project by utilizing the expertise gained from their respective majors. Click on each course title below to view participating student list.

Class	# of Students	Task	Instructor
EDSGN 452 (Students from various colleges across campus)	12	Core Team - Networking, Kiosk Design, Social & Policy Issues, Education, "Designing for Fun"	Khanjan Mehta
BIOE 401	48	Inexpensive Biomedical Device Designs	Peter Butler
BA 301 H	5	Business Plan Development	Greg Pierce
EDSGN 597 C	12	Systems Design	Sven Bilen