Kenya
Ugali – the superfood of Kenya
I have been aware for a while that ugali is a very important food in Kenya. For some Kenyans, it is THE most important food and is better even than meat which is highly prized. Ugali is made from unga Read more…
I have been aware for a while that ugali is a very important food in Kenya. For some Kenyans, it is THE most important food and is better even than meat which is highly prized. Ugali is made from unga Read more…
The staff were very excited. The school governors had agreed that they should go on a staff team building trip to Mombasa. It had been in the pipeline for a while but now we were actually going. Bonface and I Read more…
We were standing at the counter, having just realised we would not be able to purchase train tickets because some staff iDs were photocopied. Fabulous. Then I spotted an information desk in the corner. It might be worth trying our Read more…
We were going to Mombasa for a staff retreat next week, so needed to visit Syokimau Station in Nairobi, to purchase tickets in advance for 19 of us. It was expected that this would take us most of the day. Read more…
The next stage of the project was to create a partition and add some shelves. We had already visited Gikomba market in Nairobi to buy linoleum, carpet mats and chairs. Now we had to get started. As promised, Kitonga the Read more…
I arrived in Osiligi with my sponsored books and some money to buy more books and create a library corner. Bonface was delighted! Never mind a library space, he had an empty classroom which was doubling as a resource room. Read more…
During my last trip to Osiligi there was a focus on reading. So, before I returned this time I came up with an idea, with my very good friends Mary and Gill, to improve reading resources. Sponsor a Book was born! The information that Read more…
We had 29 pupils competing in the cluster competition between 12 schools. The winners would go to the next stage – sub county level – which is very prestigious. Teachers Edgar, Rispa and Wasike were accompanying pupils. Bonface and I Read more…
We reach our first destination – mat and carpet stalls. We review our options for library flooring and decide on a linoleum base with carpet mats for the younger children and plastic chairs for the older ones. It soon becomes Read more…
It was a typical Kenyan trip on a Saturday afternoon. The plan was to go to Ngong to find mats and chairs for our new library. We might even go to Rongai too. It was only when we were underway Read more…