To Turkana and Beyond!

EARCs have some downtime in August for the school winter break, so my colleagues encouraged me to see Kenya, something I’m always available to do. A volunteer friend of mine had carefully planned an epic journey way up north to Lake Turkana and it seemed an opportunity I’d be foolish to miss out on. It was an [...]

Stupid Mzungu

My colleague came to visit me today. He’s been busy recently teaching and I’ve been busy, uh, seeing Kenya, as instructed. As he caught me unawares I was in pajamas at 3pm which set a strange enough tone but then he presented me with a bag. He sometimes brings me sweet potatoes from his farm [...]

Amazing Schools Part Two: Mtwpa Educational Institute

Over the past few months I’ve travelled several times to Kilifi on the Kenyan Coast to work with Kilifi EARC and their related community based organisations. I never turn down a chance to visit Kilifi, it’s an active centre and a great town, incidentally with fantastic beaches!  On my first trip in January 2010 I visited Mtwpa Primary [...]

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