Chef Jamie Oliver’s ‘School Dinners Campaign’ in the UK has been instrumental in changing attitudes and behavior, as well as the quality and nutritional value of the meals. We are a long way from this in Kenya, just ensuring that there is food in schools is still the baseline. Kenya need’s its own Jamie Oliver! …
The lack of school furniture, specifically cupboards in which to safely keep our lovely books, has been a problem. We have gradually been rebuilding our collection of books, with thoughtful choices and generous donations from our friends. In our dusty environment it is important to keep the books in closed cupboards, it takes a lot …
There is no mains water in Olng’arua or any of the surounding villages, and no piped water in any of the homesteads. The water comes from the river, if there isn’t any water in the river, there isn’t any water. During the dry season the river gradually retreats back towards its source in the Ngare …
Follow this valley down and you will eventually come to Olng’arua School, it is in the distance down on the far plains.
Since the attack on the school I have often been asked about the violence here. What the is violence about? Why are they attacking things like schools? Isn’t raiding just about cows? I came across a statistic that helps answers some of these questions. The livestock industry in Kenya (largely unregulated and under reported) is …
Olng’arua boys. A sometimes cheeky, but largely cheerful lot. I admire the older ones in particular, for coming to school each day, when there is so much pressure on them from outside to skip school and be ‘men’. That generally means herding livestock but can also end up turning into doing bad things, and trouble. …
