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 …
For the first time, thanks to generous donors, we had a Christmas Party at Olng’arua School. Christmas is still a very new idea to this community, and has arrived more as the modern concept rather than a religious one, everybody loves a party! The main objective of our event was to see how all our …
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.
One of the many untold stories from the last few difficult years was the visit to the school last summer by Charly’s brother Jean-Jacques. Jean-Jacques is the director of operations at Sketch, of one of London’s busiest, best and definitely most beautiful restaurants. He took time out of his very hectic schedule however, to visit …
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.
At least that is what they say round here. Girls can’t ride bicycles, only boys can and, even if they could, they shouldn’t because they should be fetching water, or firewood, or milking or cooking or making tea for the men. We see things a little differently at Olng’arua and rejoice in upsetting the apple …