The establishment of TICH in 1998 was inspired by a number of sources expressing the need for a formal course in Community Based Health Care leading to a recognized academic qualification.

[5] Great Lakes University of Kisumu (GLUK) is an interdenominational evangelical Christian institution.

Areas of teaching include: The department is concerned with planning foods and supplements for maintenance of individual and community health (infancy, childhood, adulthood and old age), and during different illnesses.

Graduates of community nutrition program are employed in hospitals, hotels, universities, schools and other catering facilities.

Through its partnership program and using its Essential Elements of Dignified Livelihood (EEDL) model, the institute undertakes and implements, in collaboration with communities and institutions, community and institution-based health and development programs that contribute to poverty alleviation and combating ill health.