Clean Heights Initiative · Youth learning · Iten, Kenya
Learning through environmental care, games and digital skills.
Children who are curious about the world around them come ready to learn at Shoe4Africa’s All4Running Centre in Iten. Cynthia Jelagat leads environmental learning, while Roy Chumba leads practical technology activities, games and shared challenges.
Hosted at All4RunningShoe4Africa · KenyaA weekly Clean Heights programme
Young people are part of the lesson, not just the audience.
At Shoe4Africa’s All4Running Centre, Clean Heights brings environmental learning, digital skills and games together in a continuing programme. Cynthia Jelagat leads the environmental learning; Roy Chumba leads practical technology activities. They connect new ideas to the questions and experiences children bring.
Projected prompts, short games and shared challenges invite children to choose answers, compare ideas and explain their thinking. The sessions are designed to build curiosity, participation and confidence using technology for learning, communication and everyday problem-solving.
A place to take part: the centre gives the programme a consistent youth-focused venue. Clean Heights brings the weekly lessons; Shoe4Africa’s facilities and wider achievements remain Shoe4Africa’s.
A Kenyan programme · a local setting
Iten, Rift Valley, Kenya.
The programme takes place at Shoe4Africa’s All4Running Centre in Iten, Elgeyo-Marakwet County. The map highlights the Iten area for orientation. Its marker gives regional context, not exact activity coordinates.
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How the sessions work
See it. Play. Choose. Explain. Learn together.
Interactive projected lessons make ideas visible and give children a way to respond, compare answers and add their own thinking.
Start with a clear idea
Projected prompts and short games introduce questions about environmental care and useful technology.
Invite every response
Children choose answers on the projected board, compare ideas and make the activity interactive.
Make room for discussion
Facilitators invite children to explain their choices and connect the idea to everyday life.
The people leading the learning
Environmental learning and technology, side by side.
Clean Heights Initiative’s Cynthia Jelagat and Roy Chumba bring environmental commitment and practical digital skills into the same programme.
Cynthia Jelagat
Founder & CEO · Environmental learning
As Clean Heights’ founder and CEO, Cynthia Jelagat brings a steady commitment to community environmental care. At All4Running, Cynthia leads learning about the environment, clean-ups and climate topics, helping children connect care for the places around them with choices they can make together.
Roy Chumba
Lead Engineer · Technology learning
Roy Chumba connects technology with how children learn, create and communicate. At Shoe4Africa, Roy leads practical digital learning with projected activities and games, exploring how technology and AI can support learning, communication and everyday problem-solving.
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Learning through shared ideas and hands-on activities.
Photographs from Clean Heights’ Shoe4Africa learning visits show the people, tools and interactions behind the programme.
A recent learning session · 6 November 2026
Curiosity meets AI: learning to ask, check and think.
At Shoe4Africa’s All4Running Centre in Iten, Roy Chumba introduced older students to Google NotebookLM and led a conversation about using AI thoughtfully for schoolwork. The children gathered around a laptop, explored the tool together and brought many questions to the discussion.
Roy used the session to talk about both sides of AI: how it can help learners explore ideas and work with study materials, and why its responses still need checking. The practical message was simple: use AI to support your own reading and thinking, compare answers with trusted sources, and ask a teacher when something is unclear.
This was a shared introduction, not a claim of measured learning outcomes. The photographs show students taking part in the discussion.
Tool explored during the sessionVisit Google NotebookLM ↗
For students exploring Gemini: Google’s student offers have eligibility rules. They are intended for eligible higher-education students, and requirements can vary by offer and country. Check the current terms before signing up; the offer does not apply to every child at the centre.
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Designed around children’s participation
Make room for every question and idea.
Our interactive format is grounded in a simple principle: children should have meaningful ways to take part. UNICEF’s guidance describes participation as relevant, informed, voluntary, safe, respectful and transparent. In practice, that means clear prompts, time to answer, and room for children to explain their choices.
Digital tools can make learning more engaging, but they work best as part of a child-centred approach, not as a substitute for facilitation, conversation or inclusion.
Roy Chumba with Toby Tanser at All4Running Centre · Iten, Kenya
Our host institution · Shoe4Africa
A dedicated place for young people to learn, connect and keep showing up.
We are grateful to Shoe4Africa, Toby Tanser and Chelimo Saina for building a welcoming platform where young people in Iten can learn, meet mentors and explore new interests. Our team is glad to contribute environmental learning, interactive games and practical digital skills at All4Running.
With appreciation to Shoe4AfricaHost of the All4Running Centre · Iten, KenyaAbout the programme
A few clear answers.
What is the Clean Heights Shoe4Africa learning programme?
It is an ongoing Clean Heights Initiative learning programme at Shoe4Africa’s All4Running Centre in Iten, Kenya. Cynthia Jelagat leads environmental learning, and Roy Chumba leads practical technology activities and games.
Who takes part?
Children who are curious about the environment and ready to ask questions, explore ideas and try practical digital activities.
What makes the sessions interactive?
Roy uses projected prompts and games where children select answers on a shared board. Facilitators invite discussion so children can explain their thinking and learn together.
Who is responsible for All4Running Centre?
All4Running is a Shoe4Africa centre in Iten. We are grateful to Shoe4Africa, Toby Tanser and Chelimo Saina for creating a welcoming place for young people, and glad to contribute environmental and digital learning sessions there.