01 · Centre Tour
Seeing the learning environment
Guests moved through the Centre and engaged with the people, spaces and activities shaping the learning experience.
Founding Milestone · 2 May 2025
Dedication and Inauguration of the Vocational Skills Training and Youth Empowerment Centre
A defining moment in the journey of 360 Climate Institutes, bringing together leadership, learners, families, partners and community around a shared commitment to practical skills, youth opportunity and sustainable transformation.
A permanent institutional milestone in the story of 360 Climate Institutes.
A Defining Institutional Milestone
A centre dedicated to skills, opportunity and community transformation.
On 2 May 2025, 360 Climate Institutes marked a major milestone with the official dedication and inauguration of its Vocational Skills Training and Youth Empowerment Centre in Gikoe.
The occasion represented more than the opening of a physical training space. It brought into public view a growing commitment to practical learning, youth empowerment, innovation, entrepreneurship and climate-smart responsibility.
The Occasion
Leadership, community and learners came together around a shared purpose.
The ceremony was graced by the Rt. Rev. Dr. Timothy I. Gichere, Bishop of the ACK Diocese of Mt. Kenya Central, accompanied by church leadership.
The Board of Directors of 360 Climate Institutes was represented under the leadership of Chairperson Mrs. Hannah W. Muriithi, EBS, alongside management, staff, parents, learners, partners, collaborators and alumni.
Meet our leadershipInside the Centre
Practical learning was already in motion.
The inauguration gave guests an opportunity to see learners, training spaces and practical activities up close, connecting the institutional vision with the work happening on the ground.
02 · Skills in Action
Learning demonstrated through practice
Learners demonstrated practical ability and showed how hands-on training can build confidence, capability and pathways toward meaningful opportunity.
03 · Learner Participation
Young people at the centre of the milestone
Learner participation kept the inauguration connected to its central purpose: equipping young people to learn, create, contribute and build stronger futures.
Dedication & Inauguration
A formal moment marking a new chapter.
The dedication brought institutional leadership, faith leadership and the wider 360 community together to recognise the Centre and the purpose it was established to serve.
The occasion affirmed a long-term commitment to creating an environment where practical skills, character, innovation and opportunity can grow together.
Student Innovation Showcase
Practical skills, sustainability and digital innovation shared in public.
Student-led presentations formed an important part of the day, bringing practical learning into public view and showing how skills, creativity and technology can connect with opportunity.
Digital Opportunity
Introducing an AI foundation for young innovators.
The inauguration programme also introduced an AI Foundation learning pathway through Youth Innovation Hub, powered by GICT Systems, expanding the conversation from practical vocational skills into responsible use of emerging digital tools, creativity, entrepreneurship and innovation.
That future-ready direction continues through the Youth Innovation Hub focus on digital innovation, idea incubation, entrepreneurship, collaboration, climate-smart thinking and green technology.
N.E.S.T.S. in Action
Five values that continue to shape the learning journey.
The inauguration reflected principles that remain central to 360 Climate Institutes today: Nurture, Empower, Skill, Transform and Sustain.
Nurture
Create a supportive environment where potential, confidence and purpose can grow.
Empower
Open pathways to opportunity through learning, exposure, mentorship and participation.
Skill
Build practical capability for work, enterprise, innovation and real-world problem-solving.
Transform
Turn learning and potential into meaningful progress for individuals and communities.
Sustain
Strengthen stewardship, resilience and climate-smart responsibility for the future.
A Shared Milestone
Institutional growth is built with people.
The inauguration brought together the people who help give the Institute its life: learners, families, leadership, staff, partners, collaborators, alumni and community.
Their participation reinforced a simple idea: sustainable transformation becomes stronger when learning and opportunity are rooted in community.
Planting for the Future
A fitting closing symbol for a centre built to grow.
Tree planting connected the milestone with stewardship, continuity and responsibility, values that remain part of 360 Climate Institutes' climate-smart learning approach.
Like the learners who pass through the Centre, what is established today must be nurtured over time if it is to grow, strengthen communities and create lasting impact.
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Moments from a day that marked the Institute's journey.
A curated record of welcome, learning, dedication, community and stewardship from the inauguration day.
From Milestone to Mission
The inauguration marked a chapter. The work continues.
360 Climate Institutes continues to connect practical training, digital capability, enterprise readiness, innovation and environmental stewardship with pathways toward stronger livelihoods and communities.