The attack on the school was reported by several Kenyan news stations. Here are two of them via YouTube: Citizen News K24TV
Last Friday (5th of May) a gang of armed men attacked the school. No one was killed. Everybody who was there that day managed to escape and there were only minor injuries. However, the school was badly damaged. Thankfully this was a holiday week for the primary children, so the school was not full of …
The drought is getting deeper and harsher, its not much fun. However these kids are making the best use of their soapy handwashing water, chanelling it to a mud making pit. Here they use the wet soil to make model animals, dolls, houses and many other things.
A local subspecies of the bush baby family, easily identifiable by their bright red colouring. . Unusually for a bush baby this subspecies is mostly seen during the day. . Though like others of the species they like to hide in bushes and are very adept at climbing. . The call of this bush baby …
Arrive at school at 7.30am, the light is beautiful and the day is still cool. . Get your temperature checked at the gate before entering the school. . Wash your hands when you arrive, we want to keep the school free of the coronavirus, plus clean hands are just nice. . Remember to bring a …
While many parts of the northern hemisphere have been experiencing storms and snow in the last week, we have been visited by a storm of locusts. . Its all a bit Groundhog Day, did we really start a new year or are we just doing 2020 all over again? . After vigorous encouragement from the …
Happy New Year! We have started a new term and for the first time since covid hit we are able to have all the children back in school together. We also have quite a few new faces. The school is once again full of children and it feels great. We are still mask wearing, hand …
We are so happy to be able to welcome children back to class after the long covid shut down. – In line with government guidelines we have started back with a gradual reopening, allowing the oldest kids back in first and staggered arrival during this first week. It will take a bit of time for …
Here is a link to a short video that is guaranteed to make you smile. One sunny afternoon before Covid, some of the kids in the Rhino group at Olng’arua School started building a tower out of wooden blocks. The tension is palpable as the tower becomes a skyscraper. The video is on Vimio, enjoy! …
Who remembers the day that elephants came for tea at Olng’arua school? After months of hard work the children were very sad when elephants ate or trampled most of the vegetables they had been growing. Now, thanks to some generous support, we have an electric fence to protect the vegetables. In this time of covid …