The 21st century has been hailed as the information age. As part of the education of the future workers and leaders of Kenya, the Children of Kibera Foundation has conceived the Kibera Online Project. 
The goals of this project are to introduce computers and information technology as tools of learning and subjects of study to elementary school children in Kibera’s public and community schools. “Computer literacy and access to the internet can transform the ways and the material that our teachers in Kibera can teach with to improve the learning and empowerment of our children,” said Ken Okoth, a Kibera native and founder of the Children of Kibera Foundation.
To kick off the Kibera Online Project, three visiting board members of Children of Kibera Foundation from the USA inaugurated the new fully equipped computer lab at the Red Rose School in Kibera in July 2008. The Dell Latitude laptop computers for this pilot computer lab were donated by St. Lawrence University in Canton NY. The computers are loaded with software for word-processing, presentations, ditigal image editing, movie editing, educational games and a host of other learning programs for math, language, science and art. Other supporters of the foundation also contributed funds towards the purchase of a laser printer, digital cameras, and the installation of wireless internet access, which should be completed by early this fall.
The Kibera Online Project will be a long term multi-faceted program of teacher training, setting up of appropriate computer classes and an information technology curriculum, providing and maintaining the software, hardware, and other resources necessary for the project to succeed in its goals of making sure that all children graduating from Kibera elementary schools will be computer literate in the next five to ten years.
“The Kibera Online Project is a very ambitious endeavor,” explained Ken Okoth. “We are looking to partner with other organizations that can provide us with hardware, funds for software purchases, training for the teachers in Kibera, and affordable reliable access to the internet so the children of Kibera really are not left behind as the rest of the world zooms ahead on the information superhighway.”