A weekly diary at Nyakome Friends Secondary School
by Tereza Constantinou and Jasmine Yim Week 1 – Training Week After a couple of days of travelling, […]
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Karibu Kenya! Team Kakamega reflect on their arrival in East ...
With most of us having never visited East Africa before, we had no idea what to expect on […]
Learning the Ropes: Kisii 2019 Head Teachers Conference
by Reuben Acheson and Oliver Ormrod After an intense week of training, Monday 8 th July saw the […]
Solar Energy: A sunny solution to boarding school blackouts
Anyone who has spent any time in Kenya knows that power cuts are frequent and disruptive. The effects of these outages are particularly dire in boarding schools, where students are plunged into darkness every time there is a power cut, severely inhibiting their ability to revise or do their homework outside of daylight hours (7am to 7pm). The cuts are unpredictable and can last several hours or even days.
Emanyinya Library: An Online Harambe
Emanyinya secured funding for a new library from the Kenya government's Total Transition from Primary to Secondary School program, but the money did not stretch to furnishing the library. We created this microproject earlier in 2018 to enable Emanyinya's international friends to support the school with furnishing the library with modern shelving units.