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Kimlea started in a simple room, with a handful of women who were working in the tea plantations. Here they were taught basic home management skills in cookery and stitching. The women appreciated what they had learned so much that they wanted the same taught to their daughters. Classes were soon organized for the girls as well. In 1992 with the help of donors Kimlea was able to put up proper buildings in which to conduct the classes. These would now consist of a 2 year full-time course with a government certificate offered to the students who successfully completed it. With the certificate and skills acquired the students would be able to start their own small businesses or be employed. However, though the women had appreciated the earlier home management classes the idea of a 2 year full-time course for their daughters was for them very far-fetched. Picking tea was their way of life and apart from not being able to earn money for their families because they would be in class, the course would cost them a fee which was not very easy to come by.
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