With the normal period for the rainy season here nearly over, we are resigning ourselves to a dryer than normal ‘long dry season’ ahead. There have been some dramatic skies and even a nice rainbow or two but very little rain. The rivers have dried up far beyond their normal points for this time of …
Another story that didn’t get told during the time of drought and violence was the Lion group’s trip to Lake Turkana. Lake Turkana is the world’s largest desert lake, it is also the largest alkaline lake and has recently become home to Africa’s largest wind farm. The shores of Lake Turkana have evidence of some …
The rains have wreaked havoc across East Africa. Our part of northern Kenya is no exception, however, here at least it seems that the rains are now abating. The ‘long rains’ are normally not that long for us, the forecast and the weather signs seem to indicate that they are now coming to an end. …
In the last 8 weeks there has been unusually heavy rain over most of East Africa. In Northern Kenya we have seen very little rain during the last 3 years. Life has been dominated by drought, with recent rainy seasons providing no more than a few odd showers. Then in March this year the heavens …
Squirrels gathering for a cup of uji and a chin-wag.
Charly, often the instigator of interesting activities when he visits the school, had the children using team work to guide each other blindfolded through a maze of string.
Some of the Olng’arua kids investigating the largest wind farm in Africa.
Members of the Lion group are getting ready to chop a school’s worth of carrots, and probably onions, potatoes, tomatoes, cabbage….
The squirrel tables are always the most gossipy of all the lunch tables, what they lack in size the squirrels make up for in laughter and energy.
