In 2015, Bashay Village council executives approached PSFA with an idea to build a much needed vocational training facility in the Karatu District. With the generous funding of Vancouver’s retired professor of Economics and Forestry, Dr Peter Pearse, and in partnership with Victoria’s African Book Box Society, the first phase was built by October 2017. It included an Administration building and Workshop buildings for 4 trades; Electrical, Plumbing, Tailor/Sewing, and Computer Training. Electricity and water were provided to the site. In 2020 a 32 Girls dormitory and a Kitchen/Dining Hall were added. Classes of 20 students per trade commenced in January 2019.
