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Dear Friends, I wanted to let you know that despite the problems here, in our part of Kenya, everyone at the school is safe and well. There is still a …
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In the village on the border of Isiolo and Laikipia counties the last two weeks have been relatively quiet. With just a few minor livestock raids in the area and …
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The U.S. presidential election has shown just how divisive unequal access to education is to a society. People are scratching their heads, looking for an answer to how a man …
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Sadly the area around the school is still insecure. The constant stress of conflict and drought is wearing everybody in the community down. However, the school is open and it …
Happy World Book Day! The children at Olng’arua love books. With no TV, books are their window to the world, their inspiration and a way to escape the daily hardships …
In the last few weeks the security situation around the school has deteriorated rapidly. It is nearly two years ago that conflict first broke out in this previously calm area. …
We were so happy to welcome back some good friends and long term supporters of the school this week. Peter Bender first brought a group of friends to visit the …
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This article is reposted here from www.rememberthegoat.com. It has been shared widely here in Kenya and was published in the Star newspaper. It tells the story of one day in …
The U.S. presidential election has shown just how divisive unequal access to education is to a society. People are scratching their heads, looking for an answer to how a man …
The photograph is of a well equipped classroom in one of the best government schools in northern Kenya. Every time I visit such a school I always wonder why it …
Well not quite, not entirely unreachable but not far from it. I don’t know why but for months now we have been unable to get a mobile signal at our …
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Olng’arua means ‘marsh’ in the Maa language. The school has that name because it is beside a marsh area that is fed by a spring (hence our year round green …
The photograph is of a well equipped classroom in one of the best government schools in northern Kenya. Every time I visit such a school I always wonder why it …
For most of northern Kenya the long rains aren’t actually any longer than the short rains. This year the long rains (arriving somewhere from late March and rarely staying beyond …
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. …