Practical | Creative | Hands-on | Future-ready.
Engaging Industrial Learning Activities
Empowering young minds with skills that matter in the real world.
EILA introduces young people to practical skills, technical processes, and creative possibilities through hands-on learning experiences designed to help them discover what they can do — and what they could become.
What is EILA?
Learning Beyond the Classroom
There is a lot to learn outside a textbook.
Engaging Industrial Learning Activities (EILA) is a practical learning program designed to expose young people to real-world skills, tools, techniques, and work environments. From making and building to electrical work, plumbing, sewing, pottery and metal fabrication, EILA gives learners an opportunity to try, create, experiment and learn by doing.
Learn More About EILAWhy EILA?
Why Learn Practical Skills?
Because skills become more meaningful when you can use them.
- 01
Discover
Find out what interests them and where their abilities may lie.
- 02
Create
Turn ideas and materials into something tangible.
- 03
Build Confidence
Learn through doing, making mistakes, trying again and seeing results.
- 04
Explore Careers
Gain early exposure to technical and creative fields they may want to pursue further.
- 05
Develop Practical Thinking
Understand how tools, materials, processes and solutions come together in the real world.
Our Courses
Choose Your Learning Experience
EILA offers different ways for young people to access practical skills depending on their learning environment and interests.
Holiday Program
Make Your Holiday Count.
A hands-on program where young people spend their school holidays learning practical skills in a real industrial environment.
- Ages
- 12 and above
- From
- KSh 5,000
- Options
- 5 days · 12 weeks
In-School Program
Practical Learning, Brought to Your School.
We work with schools to provide structured practical learning experiences that complement classroom education.
- Ages
- 12 and above
- From
- KSh 5,000
- Options
- 5 days · 12 weeks
Skills
What Would You Like to Learn?
Explore practical skills across construction, technical trades, creative work and making.
Masonry and Tiling
Learn the fundamentals of working with masonry materials, surfaces, tiling and finishing.
Painting and Cladding
Explore surface preparation, painting techniques and cladding applications.
Plumbing
Explore plumbing systems, tools, fittings and practical installation techniques.
Electrical and Wiring Basics
Understand electrical concepts, wiring, components and safe working practices.
Welding and Metal Fabrication
Explore metal cutting, joining, fabrication techniques and workshop safety.
Carpentry
Work with timber, joints and finishes, and learn how furniture and structures are put together.
Sewing and Stitching
Learn foundational sewing techniques, machine handling, stitching and garment-making basics.
Pottery and Ceramic Engineering
Work with clay and explore shaping, forming, finishing and the creative possibilities of pottery.
The EILA Experience
The EILA Experience
Hands-on practice
Learn by actually working with tools, materials and equipment.
Guided instruction
Learn from trainers and practitioners who understand the skills they teach.
Real-world exposure
Experience an environment connected to industry and practical work.
Safe learning
Understand responsible tool use, workshop practices and safety.
Location
Come Learn Where Industry Happens
EILA is based at Avon Business and Industrial Park, along Enterprise Road in Nairobi Industrial Area.
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Working with us
Our partners and sponsors
Businesses and organisations whose trainers, workshops, equipment and support make the practical half of EILA possible.
Olympia Foundation- TNT
- Extravis Solutions Africa
Do not Just Learn About It. Try It.
Your next skill could start with one experience.
Explore a program. Choose a skill. Get hands-on.