OPPORTUNITIES INDUSTRIALIZATION CENTER/KENYA (OICK)

PROGRAM INCLUDES A LOCAL OIC/KENYA POLICY BOARD TO REPRESENT GOVERNMENT, BUSINESS AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO DETERMINE COURSE CONTENT, SECURE CLASS SPACE, RAISE FUNDS, AND ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONTINUATION OF PROGRAM AS AID ASSISTANCE IS WITHDRAWN. AN "OIC" FEEDER PROGRAM IS INCLUDED, GIVING BASIC EDUCATION TO CANDIDATES WITH MEAGER EDUCATION. TRAINEES WILL RECEIVE COUNSELING IN WORK HABITS, PERSONAL TRAITS NEEDED IN FIELD OF WORK AND NATURE OF JOB OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE. AN EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO IDENTIFYAVAILABLE JOBS AND PROVIDE SPECIFIC TRAINING FOR THESE JOBS.ONCE A TRAINEE IS PLACED, HIS PROGRESS WILL BE FOLLOWED FOR A LEAST A YEAR TO DETERMINE BOTH HIS EFFECTIVENESS AND THAT OF HIS TRAINING PROGRAM. THE PLAN IS FOR SOME LONG-TERM COURSES IN OTHER INSTITUTIONS ARRANGED BY OIC/KENYA BOARD AND OTHER SHORT-TERM AND AFTER HOURS TRAINING IN VARIOUS LOCALITIES AND FACILITIES AS NEEDS DEVELOP. PLANNED FOR THREE YEARS, THE PILOT PROJECT ENVISIONED AN OIC STAFF OF APPROXIMATELY 24 TRAINERS AND SPECIALISTS TO TRAIN KENYANS AND TRAINERS FROM OTHER INSTITUTIONS. THE PROJECT HOPED FOR 200 KENYANS TRAINED DURING THE FIRST YEAR, OF WHOM AT LEAST 50 WOULD BE PLACED. THE HOPE WAS FOR 200 PERSONS TRAINED AND PLACED YEARLY BY END OF SECOND YEAR WITH FIVE COMMUNITY GROUPS FORMED DURING THE FIRST YEAR AND FIVE DURING THE SECOND. PROJECT WAS AN OUTGROUTH OF THE ORIGINAL OIC TRAINING CONCEPT STARTED IN PHILADELPHIA IN 1964 AND NOW MANIFESTED IN 105 U.S. CENTERS AND SIX FOREIGN COUNTRIES. BY THE END OF 1974, PAR REPORTS LACK OF GUIDANCE FROM OIC/K BOARD OF DIRECTORS. BY JUNE 1975, AN EMBASSY TELEGRAM REPORTS PROGRAM TERMINATED CITING LACK OF KENYA FUNDS AND INTEREST AND NO PROSPECT OF ON-GOING FACILITY. HOWEVER, A NEW OIC/I ACTIVITY FOR PROVIDING TRAINING TO PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES OF A PROPOSED GENERAL MOTORS ASSEM