Li Chen, who has served as the secretary-general to KCETA since 2017, said that the Chinese business community is proud to have been part of the remarkable growth and development witnessed at MCEDO Beijing School and expressed the association's commitment to keeping up the good work.

"The main reason we started supporting MCEDO Beijing School is to let people within Mathare slum appreciate the importance of education. Like other children, students from the slum have potential and talent that can be tapped into. The situation … may pose a challenge but it does not diminish their inherent abilities and potential," Li said.

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