- (+1) 929-365-4833
- projectdirector@lasallecollegekenya.org
The De La Salle Christian Brothers first arrived in East Africa in the 1950s. The expansion of educational services led to the formation of the Lwanga District of English-speaking Africa in 1996. Currently, the Lwanga District is present in six African countries: Kenya – where the proposed La Salle College will be located, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Nigeria and South Africa. The De La Salle Brothers have been present in these countries for many years, making significant contributions to education and different kinds of community development.
The Region of North America (RELAN) is assisting the Lwanga District of English-speaking Africa to come up with the financial resources required to build the dream of La Salle College of Education, Science and Technology in Nairobi, Kenya. In Kenya, the Brothers together with their lay associates, are running nine (9) outstanding educational institutions: Christ the Teacher Institute for Education (CTIE) is one of the sterling examples of an educational institution that was started in 1992, by a talented and innovative De La Salle Christian Brother, Brother Leonard Cortney, FSC. CTIE, through a collaboration with Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, has graduated upwards of two thousand young women and men and it continues to mentor and transform young adults who are becoming excellent teachers.
The Brothers of the District of Lwanga are responsible for educating over 20,000 students from primary school to college level education. At present, there are over 30 young Brothers in formation studying at Christ the Teacher Institute of Education (the sponsor of the School of Education of Tangaza University) within the District of Lwanga.
The Lwanga District has a strong educational track record and is ready to respond to the needs of the local community by constructing a new college of education, science & technology to help Kenya and by extension Africa meet the demands of her current and future children. In the past eight years, three more excellent educational institutions have been established in Kenya by recent innovative Brothers. These include La Salle Catholic School in Nairobi, Saint De La Salle Catholic School in Homa Bay, and De La Salle Secondary School in Karameno, Nyeri County.