What is Kolping Organization of Kenya?

Kolping Organization of Kenya Ltd is a Catholic lay organization empowering youth, women, and families through vocational skills education (KVTC), climate-smart agriculture, community microfinance, and hospitality social enterprises.

How can I enroll in KVTC vocational courses?

You can apply online via our vocational training pages or visit our main campus in Langata, Nairobi. We offer courses in Carpentry, Electrical Wiring, Motor Mechanics, IT, Tailoring, and Catering.

How can I become a Kolping Member?

Individual families come together to form local Kolping Families of 10 or more households. Members undergo a 1-year formation journey based on spiritual growth, solidarity, and self-help.

Vegetable Planting Bags for Arid Seasons

Vertical Farming Innovation

Year-Round Fresh Vegetables With 80% Less Water

Multi-tier vertical vegetable planting bags are a flagship climate adaptation technology pioneered by Kolping Kenya. Designed for peri-urban homesteads and arid rural areas, each heavy-duty UV-treated bag holds up to 100 vegetable plants (kale, spinach, indigenous vegetables, tomatoes, and herbs) using minimal land footprint and requiring minimal irrigation water.

Key Advantages of Planting Bags

Grows up to 100 plants in less than 1 square meter
Central gravel core for efficient drip water distribution
Eliminates soil-borne weeds and reduces labor by 75%
Provides fresh, organic, nutrient-rich food year-round

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Household Food Security & Donor Sponsorship

Over 10,000 planting bags have been distributed to vulnerable women and elderly households across Kenya, eliminating household vegetable purchase expenses.

Operational Photo Gallery

Planting Bags Gallery

Snapshots of multi-tier vertical gardens thriving in rural homesteads during dry seasons.

Crop Farming

Organic Farming Plots

Pig Farming

Youth Piggery Project

Goat Project

Dairy Goat Breeding Scheme

Cisterns

WASH Rainwater Cistern

Planting Bags

Multi-Tier Vegetable Planting Bags

Clean Water

Community Water Drilling

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Organic Farming & Compost

Zero-chemical bio-fertilizer production, organic pest management, soil conservation techniques, compost making, and sustainable crop cultivation.

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Goat, Pig & Poultry

Livestock pass-on schemes, dairy goat breeding management, modern piggery housing structures, disease control, and commercial poultry egg & meat production.

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Water Cisterns & Wells

Constructing 20,000L ferrocement rainwater harvesting cisterns, deep borehole drilling, and clean WASH water infrastructure for drought-prone rural villages.

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Core Values

Learn about our guiding principles including Christian faith, self-help initiative, mutual solidarity, personal integrity, diligence in work, and integral human dignity.

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Becoming a Member

Find clear, step-by-step guidance on how to join an existing Kolping Family or establish a chartered self-help group within your parish, diocese, or local community.

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Self-Help Kolping Families

Guiding grassroots community groups to organize, save together, build mutual trust, and charter into self-governed Kolping Family units across Kenya.

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Vegetable Planting Bags for Arid Seasons