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I have spent the last six weeks with two other people sharing knowledge and skills with the staff and students of Olng’arua Primary School, a remote school in Isiolo County. Like many primary schools in northern Kenya the school has young and untrained teachers with little experience outside their communities. The school operates on a …

Today was the first day of the new term at Olng’arua School. During assembly each child told the school what they had done during the break. Without exception all the children reported that they had been herding livestock during the school holiday. Most had been herding goats and sheep near to their homes, but a …