KIP provides education, health, and economic development resources for refugees who have been forcibly displaced - and are among the most marginalised communities in Africa - as well as for the rural poor in their Tanzanian host community.

KIP has established 3 Community Internet Centers (CICs)- in a secondary school at the Mtabila Refugee Camp, the Kasulu Folk Development College (KFDC), and the Kasulu Teacher Training College (KTTC). The communities at each site have contributed labour and other resources to the project. A steering committee with local residents, including representatives from the refugee camp and the Kasulu colleges, is making decisions about how all 3 CICs are to be used.

KFDC was the first site in the community to have computer instruction. Their programme helped train an initial group of residents in basic computer skills. The College hosts 2-week-long training workshops in which local residents and refugees learned computer basics. One local woman who initially learned computer skills at KFDC has been certified as a Cisco Network Academy instructor and now teaches in the community.

In Mtabila, the Mtabila Internet Committee (MIC) mobilised volunteers to construct a building adjacent to other school buildings for the CIC. The building has been outfitted with a 20 kWh solar power system to generate electricity, a very-small-aperture-terminal (VSAT) to receive Internet access via satellite.

KTTC has refurbished classroom facilities to host a CIC as well as a Cisco Academy. A biogas system using cow manure from their herd generates 70% of the electricity needed to power the labs. The CIC is being used to train future teachers to use computers and the Internet, for International Computer Driving Licence (ICDL) certification, and as an Internet café. Revenue from training programmes helps support the cost of Internet access, maintenance and ongoing operations.

Technology, Economic Development, Conflict, Health, Education.

The project aims to enhance secondary and professional education, HIV/AIDS education, and establish income-generating projects through training in ICT skills. The organisers believe that the project is developing much-needed resources in these poor communities.

KIP also aims to bring education, economic development, and health resources to a refugee and host community. "KIP promotes and encourages cooperation and understanding between Burundians in the refugee camp and Tanzanians in Kasulu."