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 …
One of the most important things we teach at Olng’arua School is how to keep wounds clean. In a tough environment like ours wounds are common, treated with care however, most need not be a problem. Unfortunately it is difficult to keep wounds clean when all water used for cleaning wounds must be boiled first, …
Lovely people continue to send us wonderful books. So many have obviously been chosen with great care and thought for what might appeal to young readers in northern Kenya. In fiction we have received English language classics as well as stories from other cultures. There have been poetry and art books, reference books, books that …
We have a confirmed outbreak of cholera in the area around the school. 80% of cholera cases are mild to moderate, 20% can be severe enough to kill within hours. It is not the cholera that kills you it is the massive dehydration that a bad case of cholera can cause. While we have had …