Two years ago Kitonga decided to fence some of the land around the dinning hall. Environmental degradation in the area has led, over the years, to many gullies forming during the rainy season. One such gully had formed through the school, running close to the dinning hall. To counter this Kitonga wanted to fence the …
Once every term the Lewa Clinic visits Olng’arua School. When they come the give a short talk to the children on a useful health topic. The importance of washing your hands for instance, or of using a mosquito net. They also administer drugs for common ailments, such as eye infections or intestinal worms, and check …
Today the older children when to help fix the only road (well dirt track) into the community. Not only is this the only route to get food and other supplies to the school but it how people in need get to hospital or get into town to sell livestock and get provisions. As it is …
Thanks to the generosity of Mr and Mrs Levy and the Primrose Trust we have been able to start work on some new staff buildings. In such a remote location it is always difficult to get good teachers. Without housing you can’t get any teachers! There are no local houses to rent and unless you …
We watched as water poured down the Ngare Ndare river at last. Thick with mud from floods further upstream the river rose so high that it couldn’t be crossed. There were people and livestock stuck on both banks waiting for the water to subside so that they could cross. It is a relief though, to …
We took more food out to the school this weekend. When children are not at school they work. Most of them, boys and girls, herd livestock, some of them help at home fetching water or firewood and looking after the babies and toddlers. Many children in the area don’t attend school at all, but even …
Thanks to all the wonderful people who have sent donations I’ve been out buying sacks of beans and rice, also cabbage, carrots, tomatoes and onion. Oh, and a big pot to help with the additional cooking. We are now able to provide a free lunch to ALL the children in the community. The message is …
It it so sad to see a hungry child set aside half of their own lunch and secretly put it into a bag to take home to their brothers and sisters who have nothing to eat. That is what we have been seeing happen at our school for the last week. Conditions are very bad …
At the end of the day everybody at Olng’arua School comes together for a short meeting. Each evening a different child runs the meeting and asks the others, children and adults, what was good or bad about their day. Anybody can speak, or not, as they feel like. Some tell of the good things they …
Thank you to everyone who has sent us books via our Amazon Wish List. Amazon is the only reliable way to get books out here. Customs knows that there are only books in their packages (and it doesn’t seem that anybody wants to steal books) so we receive packages from Amazon within only a few …