Sanchat prides itself on being on improving the entire community of Gilgil Kenya through  education, training and employment. Sanchat is committed to healing for the long term.

They have built, maintained and fully supported two secondary schools for orphaned and vulnerable children. Sanchat is housing, supporting and educating street children in what is called the "Restart Centre". The children have come from utterly desperate situations but Sanchat works to insure their futures are bright, promising and full of love and hope.

Sanchat also hopes to empower adults by creating employment for the community.  It set up a women's self-help group that created employment. By making canvas bags the women were empowered, able to make sustainable salaries and support their families. 

Sanchat has an agricultural project which enables young people and their communities to learn how to grow organic vegetables of high nutritional value. They are then able to feed themselves and their families

Irrigation System:
The need for the irrigation system was clear. The land is very dry and the cost of feeding the children is very expensive. Without an irrigation system there is no way to produce enough food to feed the 600 children currently under care.
With a fully integrated irrigation system the potential yield will vastly increase and allow the staff to feed many more hungry mouths. The staple Kenyan diet can be extremely poor in nutrients.  The hope is to be able to grow a large variety of vegetables so children, youth and adults can boost their immune systems.  

Briquettes:
Sanchat engages out of school adult youth in the making of Briquettes at low cost. These briquettes are made out of paper, dried leaves, saw dust, wood chippings and other combustible waste, which can be easily sourced from within the community. The briquettes are then used to start and maintain fires for cooking and are less expensive than the wood sold in town. 
Waste management in Gilgil is a crisis and one cannot fail to recognize this desperate state of affairs. A trip around Gilgil will reveal the large masses of waste material littering the place, on the streets of Gilgil, in the residential areas, along the highway to Naivasha, e.t.c. This poses a serious health risk to the people. Environmental degradation is at its peak and one can no longer have the pleasure of breathing fresh air and having the comfort of seeing clean streets and a well maintained environment.