Our wonderful volunteer, Andy, organized Olng’arua School’s first ever sports day. It was a blast. None of the children had ever participated in anything quite like it before; and certainly some of the events were extremely unusual by our northern bush standards. Along with running races there was also a sack race, an egg (well …
During her last visit to Kenya Margareta Kolarovska, long-time friend and supporter of DARE, took all the children and staff from Olng’arua School on an outing. The day out started with a drive through Lewa Conservancy where many animals, including the rare white and black rhinos, were seen and was followed by a trip to …
On the last day of term, before breaking up for the Easter holidays, the children of Olng’arua Primary School held an important football match. This was no ordinary match. The school divided into two teams, loosely translated as the ‘Goats’ and the ‘Cows’. There were few rules (and those few were quickly discounted). The game …
At Christmas time Liberty raised money for DARE by making and selling ‘paper logs’. The paper logs are made by compressing old news papers with a paper log maker. Liberty told us that the logs burn for hours and that they were very easy to make. But Liberty’s entrepreneurial spirit didn’t end with simply making …
The Olng’arua School is one of the most photogenic schools I have ever been to. I have put together a set of images from this lovely school on flicker. You can see the photographs, even if you are not a flicker user, at Olng’arua School on Flicker The Olng’arua community also now has it’s own …
Craignish Primary School, in a little village on the west coast of Scotland, took the time to raise money for Oling’arua school.