Kijabe Mission Station is a historic and well-established ministry hub located in an agricultural region north of Nairobi, Kenya. Over many years, the Mission has grown to include a hospital, medical training facilities, multiple schools, and an academy, now operating as nine distinct entities, each with its own leadership and land. While this growth has enabled the Mission to serve widely and faithfully, it has also created increasing complexity in how the site plans, develops, and moves forward as one unified whole.
Project Scope
This project will focus on the development of a long-term Visionary Strategic Plan for Kijabe Mission Station, helping guide the Mission’s development over the next 20 years. The trip will bring together both planning and engineering disciplines through a combined process of listening, assessment, and strategic evaluation across the Mission’s campus and infrastructure systems.
For those involved in the planning and strategic side of the project, the trip will centre on engaging ministry leadership through workshops, conversations, and site walkthroughs to better understand the Mission’s vision, challenges, and hopes for the years ahead. These engagements will help shape a high-level development framework that supports more coordinated and sustainable growth across the Mission as a whole.
Alongside this, the engineering team will focus on gathering baseline information and assessing existing infrastructure conditions across the campus. Through discipline-specific investigations and site assessments, the team will help identify current constraints, infrastructure needs, and key areas requiring further study as part of the broader planning process.
Rather than detailed design work, this first trip will focus on building understanding, relationships, and technical insight that can guide future phases of the project. A second trip is planned later in the year to present strategic proposals, gather feedback, and continue refining the long-term vision for the Mission.
The project is being undertaken collaboratively, with planning and survey coordination led by EMI South Africa alongside engineering support.
Needs
Town/Urban Planner
