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 had spent hours making arrangements for trains, matatus, accommodation, food 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 luck there. Bonface explained our dilemma to Carol, who was 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. Purchasing a rail ticket in Kenya is a complicated process 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 builder, came to school, measured everything and gave a quote. 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. We would create a library. There would be no cost 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 we sent out is below: Can you imagine learning to 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 were attending for a few hours so he could sign 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 apparent that a mzungu in tow is a liability when 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 that the new plan emerges. We are going to Nairobi, Read more…
Milla invited me to accompany her visit her friend Agnes and attend a birthday party for her one year old granddaughter, Joki. It was Sunday afternoon. My motto in Kenya is just say yes. So off I went. The party was held on the roof top of an apartment block Read more…
