# @pmi_org on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CqnlYzUsDxO
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/5344650-pmi-org-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-04-04T15:01:09.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** PMI (@pmi_org) — https://gondola.cc/pmi_org

## Caption

Kenya’s youthquake is driving up unemployment rates—largely due to skills gaps. And the situation is particularly precarious in rural regions. So nonprofit Learning Lions is going straight to the source, building a sleek new information and communications technology campus in Kenya’s Turkana County.
 
Designed to act as an incubator for change, the 1,416 square-meter (15,242 square-foot) school provides free technical training, networking, and housing so that young entrepreneurs can “live a life full of (digital) opportunity, right from their home regions.”
 
That focus on the local community was a throughline of the project. The ultra-sustainable campus was designed by kerearchitecture as a tribute to the school’s surroundings. Terracotta-colored buildings seamlessly blend with the surrounding desert, with a trio of towers that take their cue from termite colonies. That insect inspo isn’t simply aesthetic: The structure incorporates a cooling system. The team used local materials—and local construction workers—to spur economic growth in the region.
 
Project leaders hope the campus can serve as a template for future facilities across Africa. And that could be a gamechanger for young rural denizens who want to stay in their communities: Learning Lions reports its training programs have led to an income increase of more than 400% and an 80% employment rate for graduates.
 
Discover what went into creating the new upskilling HQ. (Link in our bio.)
 
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