GAP YEAR PROGRAM


Target: Form 4, KCSE leavers and beyond


Aim: Transition preparation: From high school to tertiary educational institutions and working life. 

This includes, but is not limited to, helping  prepare willing, passionate and visionary youth to further seek admission and scholarship into top, world class institutions.

    

Further details are as per the Personal Leadership Development outline document to the right.

          


The core program is of ten (10) core sessions of 35 contact hours & 10 field sessions of over 35 hours. The program was kicked off by the full day, 2018 Admissions & Scholarships Day on 11th January 2018. The skills provided include, but are not limited to the following;  

  • Critical Thinking
  • Problem Solving
  • Field trips
  • Group work
  • Team building
  • Research
  • Presentations with assignments in between. 

Our training format is for participation in a Socratic fashion, which requires the participants to work - not just sit back and fall asleep. This is within a fun environment with experiential team-building methodology.

      
Costs

These are as per our Rate Card whose details are available by clicking here 
      


Our Value Addition includes; 

  • Self discovery – students first need to know themselves; their gifts, abilities, learning styles, dreams, goals and vision
  • Identify possible careers – based on knowing themselves
  • Prepare for their careers – based on post secondary institutions, such as universities
  • Plot your educational journey – setting of goals, timelines for short, medium and long term goals
  • Establish a career path – based on current & emerging challenges in the job and careers market locally and overseas
  • Establish Life & Soft skills
  • Launch entrepreneurial projects through proof of concept, pilot projects, scale up projects
The above is based on Customisation, not Standardization, deeply immersing youth in environments that celebrate their unique strengths, abilities, passion with great fun. This is seen as we celebrate the successes of George Gathiani (Gap Year 2015) and his film "Grieve" (above) about a character embracing repressed grief, screened as part of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. As well as Ernest Ochieng, Gap Year 2016 admitted with full scholarship to Harvard University to study Engineering.

     

Akad Leadership Growth Model.pdf Akad Leadership Growth Model.pdf
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For the Gap Year 2017, the last activity in May 2017 was participation at the Kenya National Prayer Breakfast, whose Chief Guest was H.E. President Uhuru Kenyatta, Deputy President William Ruto, Senate Speaker Ekwee Ethuro, Senators, Governors, MP's, Ambassadors and other leaders.

The Gap Year training is based on Core and Field Activities. Season 2 events included, but were not limited to; 

Video testimonial by Francis Wahome, currently admitted to the African Leadership University is available here.

Video talk on Public Speaking by Eric Kimonyi, graduate of TUK is available here

For photos of activities, please visit our Facebook page "Akad Africa" or click here


     

2017 Core & Field Activities 

For the Gap Year 2017, the last activity in May 2017 was participation at the Kenya National Prayer Breakfast, whose Chief Guest was H.E. President Uhuru Kenyatta, Deputy President William Ruto, Senate Speaker Ekwee Ethuro, Senators, Governors, MP's, Ambassadors and other leaders.

For photos of activities, please visit our Facebook page "Akad Africa" oclick here


Liability Waiver

  • Costs for core events at MOW Sports Club include tea & snacks. 
  • Costs exclude transport, internet, third party & field trip costs. 
  • Field trips & activities are at cost (which vary), payable in advance and subject to space availability. 
  • Field trips are available subject to collaborative partner agreements, and given on a competitive basis - which includes but is not limited to, assessment of submitted Monitoring & Evaluation Essays from Core activity events (please see essay writing format below). 
  • Timetable details of field trips will be provided to successfully registered participants on a need to know basis.
  • By registering, all participants confirm that they have the discretion and are healthy enough to participate in physically straineous team-building activities 
  • Liability waiver is as per policy is available by clicking here
  • Manual liability waiver is to be signed for walk in participants. 

Community Service 

The advantage to participants is that community service verifies and measures your philanthropic contribution to society. This is of value to youth seeking to demonstrate value addition to their profiles, when seeking possible admission and scholarship opportunities in overseas institutions (where an "A" grade is not enough). Community Service is one of the five basic pillars AKAD provides assistance to our mentees.

The YEES! Program schools and community in based in Kawangware, Nairobi, Kenya. YEES! delivers entrepreneurship training to children from the ages of 6-15 years in Kawangware. The curriculum includes enterprise skills, field trips, literacy, and creative and sports development delivered during the school holidays. The program uses trained local entrepreneurs as volunteers to deliver the training and to serve as mentors.


Sample Essays 


Mary Mwangi - Leadership! Feb 21st 2017.pdf Mary Mwangi - Leadership! Feb 21st 2017.pdf
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Marvin Osolo - Jan 2017.pdf Marvin Osolo - Jan 2017.pdf
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Edwin J Oyamo Essay - Jan 2017.pdf Edwin J Oyamo Essay - Jan 2017.pdf
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Mike Farad - Gap Year 2017 - Day 1 Essay.pdf Mike Farad - Gap Year 2017 - Day 1 Essay.pdf
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Field Activity Essay samples 
          
Zippy Kimani Essay - Cellulant Feb 2017.pdf Zippy Kimani Essay - Cellulant Feb 2017.pdf
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Marvin Osolo - RBA Seminar Essay - AKAD2.pdf Marvin Osolo - RBA Seminar Essay - AKAD2.pdf
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SHIVON NINSIIM - 27 Jan 2017.pdf SHIVON NINSIIM - 27 Jan 2017.pdf
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Mary Mwangi - UN Tour 2nd Feb 2017.pdf Mary Mwangi - UN Tour 2nd Feb 2017.pdf
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Mary Mwangi's Movie review - Avatar .pdf Mary Mwangi's Movie review - Avatar .pdf
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Gladys Gachoka-'Avatar' movie review.pdf Gladys Gachoka-'Avatar' movie review.pdf
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     Community Service at Vigil Schools, Kawangware, Nairobi 

        
     
Celebrating the success of Ernest Ochieng, admitted with full scholarship to Harvard University, Gap Year 2016
    Yale President Peter Salovey meeting with Eric Fairweather and David Mwangi at Strathmore       

                                                                         University, March 2018

   First Lady of Kenya, Mrs. Margaret Kenyatta, CS Education  Amb. Amina Mohammed and guest at ABTEI 2018 
                                                      Lunch is served at the Sarova Panafric Hotel 
                                                   Gentlemen and lady at Laico Regency Hotel  
                                         Lennox Owino, star on K24 TV with anchor Richard Kegoye 
                               Michael Mutie and Christie Weche on NTV 
 Gap Year 2018 youth as Key Speakers to the 140 "Matiangi A" KCSE 2017 top "A" students sponsored by Equity Bank 
 Gap Year leader, David Mwangi with Marathon Champion Tegla Loroupe and Dr. Mary Okelo, Director Makini Schools 
                        David Mwangi leading discussions at Laico Regency Hotel 
   Lennox Owino and David Mwangi with Nairobi Women Representative, Esther Passaris 
                                   Prof Mugambi at the Admissions & Scholarships Day


                            SAT Examination preparation by Josphat Lowoi 


                                         Lennox Owino on K24 TV

 

                         Lenny Mureithi presentation at Grand Regency Hotel 


                                                    Generations of Lenana School Mentors 


                                  Zuri Awards Winners at Kempinski Hotel 


                                    Zuri Awards Preparation Lunch at Jacaranda Hotel, Nairobi
                                                                                 Good food! 
                                       Relaxed session setting with Margaret, Wangare and Arthur
                               Very happy David Mwangi with Wangare Kuria 
                           First Lady of Kenya, Mrs. Margaret Kenyatta at ABTEI
                               Rev. Dr. Weche with CS. Education, Amb. Amina Mohamed. 
Celebrating the success of George Gathiani, admitted with full scholarship to Washington University in St. Louis, Gap Year 2015

            

We truly appreciate the leadership and Mentorship and leadership of Akad mentees that have gone ahead of this group. They include, but are not limited to, Ernest Ochieng (Harvard Class 2020) as he joined Harvard in August 2016. Ernest was mentored by George Gathiani, currently at Washington University in St. Louis (2015), who was mentored by Brian Ngugi, previously of the African Leadership Academy (ALA) and currently at Jacobs University (Germany). Prior to this, Brian was impacted by Wambui Mburu, currently at the Oklahoma State University. 


    

     

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