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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 …
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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 …
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Due to habitat loss the once abundant grey crowned cranes of East Africa are on the decline. Our marsh area was a typical example. It used to be a great …
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When she last visited Chelsea brought with her a large bag of pencils for the school. These were not just any pencils however. These were all special pencils, collected by …
I used to think that classrooms were just for those times when you really needed to use tables and chairs, but now I’m not sure you even need them then. …
None of the children who attend Olng’arua School have electricity at home. They all live in traditional houses built of mud and sticks, lit at night by a paraffin lamp, …
The children worked very hard this year on the school ‘shamba’ (vegetable garden). It was looking wonderful; we had started harvesting sukuma (a green leafy vegetable like kale) and were …