BUILD THE FIELD

Train a workforce. Build a baseball field. Create something that lasts.

Build the Field is Ujenzi Foundation’s workforce and community infrastructure initiative connecting practical trades training with the growth of baseball in Kenya. Participants gain hands-on experience while constructing real infrastructure for young athletes and their communities.

A FIELD CAN BUILD MORE THAN A GAME.

Construction projects are normally temporary worksites. Build the Field turns them into long-term community anchors. While participants learn to read blueprints, master welding techniques, and handle precision tools, they are producing something that will serve their own neighbors for decades. Baseball becomes the vehicle, but the skills become the livelihood.

The field becomes the classroom.

BUILD PEOPLE

Welding & structural metal fabrication skills.
Introduction to CAD and digital design.
Team leadership & project management experience.
Direct paths to local professional apprenticeships.

BUILD COMMUNITY

New, safe infrastructure for community baseball.
Local pride and ownership of public assets.
Enhanced public spaces for youth recreation.
A sustainable model for local construction maintenance.

Every structure built becomes both a training accomplishment and a community asset.

LEARNED SKILLS. SHARED WORK. LASTING COMMUNITY.

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TRAIN

Theory, blueprints, and safety foundations. Participants learn the fundamentals of metal fabrications and welding.

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BUILD

The team moves on-site, applying their training to construct the field itself, from fencing systems to backstops.

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MOVE FORWARD

Graduates transition into the professional workforce with a portfolio and experience in public works.

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PRACTICE

Participants move to the shop to fabricate field components, practicing high-precision welds on stadium infrastructure.

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LAUNCH

The finished field is revealed and handed over to local baseball leads, becoming a hub for community play.

TRAIN → BUILD → COMMUNITY IMPACT

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FROM FIRST WELD TO FIRST PITCH

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FOUNDATION

SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

FIELD FABRICATION

CAPSTONE BUILD

THE FIELD OPENS

Curriculum customization and stakeholder community outreach.

Introductory welding, metal fabrication, and digital literacy training.

Building the infrastructure—backstops, dugouts, and security fencing.

Large-scale assembly and installation of field structural components.

Inaugural community game and graduation ceremony for participants.

The goal is not simply to complete a training program. The goal is to be able to point to something in the community and say: "We built that."