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 …
In the time before lock-down….. These photos were taken during a day of fun, play and dancing at the school. These are some of the kids from different classes, getting their breath back and cooling in the shade before heading back into the fray of the dance. .-. .-. .-.
The Olng’arua School is undoubtedly a much quieter place than it was before all schools had to close as part of Kenya’s covid-19 strategy. It is not devoid of activity though. Resident staff members are still living and working at the school, as are two of our older school boys who board at the school. …
As part of efforts to restrict the spread of the corona virus in Kenya the government has required all schools in the country to close. Any actions that can help stop the spread of COVID-19 in Kenya are a good thing, it would be incredibly hard to manage a serious outbreak here. The school closing …
With confidence, flexibility and incredible balance the Squirrel Group (our youngest) are all naturals at yoga. I would love to say that I teach them yoga but the truth is they can do things with balance and strength, and yes even inner calm, that I have never managed to achieve in all my years of …
This is another post in our occasional medical series. Each morning, when we gather for the meeting that starts the day, as well as taking the register we also have a health check. “How are you all today” is meant more literally than the normal pleasant greeting. Most mornings there is nothing more than a …