How one student’s path to trainer builds future of 70 others 

Dominic Munyi started as a welding trainee in Garissa Vocational Training Center in Kenya and is now a certified welding instructor. He is now passing on his expertise in welding safety, fabrication, measurement, and entrepreneurship to 70 refugee and host-community youth.

ILO PROSPECTS’s partnership Kenya School of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (KSTVET) has upgraded workshops for welding and fabrication training, and introduced dual training aligned with the country’s Competency-Based Education and Training (CBET) framework.

Dominic is among the trainers to complete the training. Thanks to structured employer attachments and hands-on learning, his graduates are not only finding jobs but also launching micro-enterprises—fabricating beds, chairs, and fittings for local markets, and even opening their own workshops.

This story shows how training creates pathways to work, self-reliance, and stronger local economies in Garissa and Turkana.