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About JOPECOTRA

JOPECOTRA is a Community-Based Organization (CBO), registered and operating in Kenya. The organization's mandate is to promote the holistic empowerment of the people in Kenya by offers services aimed at strengthening both Communities, individual and organizational capacity towards achieving their set goals. JOPECOTRA is authorized by Ministry of Education as Peer Counselling trainers for teachers and student in the Republic of Kenya. This enhances partnership corporate and NGO's on emerging challenges which includes specials groups.

CORE OBJECTIVES FOR JOPECOTRA' ESTABLISHMENT

  • To promote inter and intra generational equity in development.
  • To promote and enhance healthy staffs through healthy eating habits, exercise and stress free work environment.
  • To initiate personal behavior change culture among that is inclusive to all by focusing on people living with disability as an interest group.
  • To partner with likeminded organizations in creating informative forums that is inclusive of all in reproductive information.
  • To promote adoption of entrepreneurial culture in the communities focusing the young women living disabilities.
  • To promote environmental ethos among people living with disability, young people on electronic use in passing health information more especially to the deaf community.
  • To develop an understanding on career choice and opportunity trends.
  • To offer basic skills on self leadership, entrepreneurship information with a view to avert risky behaviors and thereby stay healthy.

CAPACITY STATEMENT

JOPECOTRA has significant experience in training and facilitation on organizational development and well being of staff, project planning focusing community, leadership training and development for young person; and development for social change programs through provision of soft skills.

The organisation is professionally managed by a team of qualified and competent personnel who have accumulated a wealth of experience as practitioners and consultants in private, public and non-profit organizations.We retain a portfolio of highly skilled and trained facilitators and resource persons who conduct interactive, participatory and innovative forums for optimal satisfaction of the client's needs and expectations.

Summery of JOPECOTRA's Trainers & Qualifications

TRAINERS NAME
SPECIALIZATION
EXPERIENCE
Margret Ochieng' Counseling Therapist 21 years
Doreen Makena Disability Specialist 3 years
Joseph Oruko Team Leader 17 years
Dr. Kennedy Oluoch Phd. Strategic Planning 10 years
Mary Ochieng' Peer Educationist 5 Years
Loice Okelo Counselling Psychologist 8 years
Evans Otieno Physical fitness 5 years
Bonface Mureithi Sign Language Expert 11 years
Jolene Owinga Paralegal 8 Years
Rosemary Adhiambo Hearing Impaired 7 years
Kevina Iworet Nurse

JOPECOTRA's ADVISORY BOARD

MEMBERS NAME
SPECIALIZATION
EXPERIENCE
Dr. Reginold Oduor Phd Senior Lecturer - University of Nairobi Educationist
Prof. William Ogara Private Consultant Leadership & Administration
Mr. Godwin Mwambi Finance Expert
Jane Aduda Counselling Psychologist Person Living with Disability - Rep
Dr. Phelgona Otieno HIV/AIDS / Pediatric Researcher


Meet Our Team

Joseph Stephen Oruko - Team Leader

He is the Team Leader & Training Director. Born Again & Self-Motivated Christian.

Doreen Makena - disabilty Specialist

Experienced Disability Specialist for Years now

Bonface Mureithi - sign Language Specialist

Experienced Sign Language Interpretor with over 10 yrs Experience

Magret Ochieng - Counselling Therapist

She is a well-trained Couselling Therapist with Over 20 yrs experience

JOPECOTRA'S OUTPUT STRATEGY

Our outreach, mentoring and capacity enhancement strategies are focused towards positive transformation of both the individual and the organization with inclusion of persons living with disability. We design and organize customized programmes suited and relevant to specific diagnosed and projected needs in collaboration with those we serve. Throughout the partnering process, JOPECOTRA emphasizes and ensures ownership of processes and final outcomes by our clients.