Sadly the area around the school is still insecure. The constant stress of conflict and drought is wearing everybody in the community down. However, the school is open and it is great to see that when the children are there they get a chance to forget the problems for a while. In these photographs they …
Happy World Book Day! The children at Olng’arua love books. With no TV, books are their window to the world, their inspiration and a way to escape the daily hardships they face. Sadly though we have very few books. Why don’t you help us celebrate world book day by sending us a book from our …
This article is reposted here from www.rememberthegoat.com. It has been shared widely here in Kenya and was published in the Star newspaper. It tells the story of one day in the Olng’arua community as well as how the security issues are affecting us and the wider community. There have been many such days and until …
The U.S. presidential election has shown just how divisive unequal access to education is to a society. People are scratching their heads, looking for an answer to how a man like Trump could even be on the ballot, let alone a serious contender. Research shows that one of the most significant factors is level of …
The kids take a break and watch while their mothers play volleyball.
Grevy’s zebra are endangered but wonderfully they are a common sight around the school. The Olng’arua (marsh in the Maa language) is an important dry season resource for them, as well as other wildlife, and that is one of the reasons why we are working so hard to protect it.
Is there anyone who doesn’t enjoy the wheelbarrow race? Excessive laughter caused several of the competitors to withdraw from the race early (collapsed in fits of giggles), only the most highly disciplined made it to the end.
To mark his long association with the school we asked Peter Bender to plant at tree when he came to visit us.
