Late afternoon at Olng'arua Education Centre. Education in remote places. #education#educationforall#Kenya#northernKenya
Kenya's pastoral sector is valued at $1.3 billion – equivalent to 13% of Kenya’s GDP. This is what is driving the violence in northern Kenya. Education is the only long term solution, we need schools and the schools need protection. #Kenya#education#securitydarefoundation.com/2024/09/06/m...
Since the attack on the school I have often been asked about the violence here. What the is violence about? Why are they attacking things like schools? Isn't raiding just about cows? I came across a s...
Emojis and mobile classes may help reduce illiteracy levels in Turkana www.standardmedia.co.ke/opinion/arti...
Emojis make communication brief and easy to learn. They substitute gestures, tone, voice and facial expression. Emoticons are guided by content and context and make learning fun.
Why a village in Baragoi has been abandoned for over 10 years - Without security there are no schools, without schools there will be no security. They must rebuild and secure the schools now. nation.africa/kenya/counti...
Residents say they are willing to return to their homes with government support.
On This Day at Olng'arua School in 2018 - The kids (and some of the teachers) were learning to ride bicycles. We had a bicycle club and 3 bicycles. After school those that could ride helped others to master the art. Riding a bicycle is truly a skill for life, and fun! #education#Kenya#Africa
Olng'arua boys are a cheerful lot. I admire the older ones in particular for coming to school each day, when there is so much pressure on them from outside to skip school and be 'men'. Which often leads to getting into trouble. #EducationMatters#Kenya
Some of the Olng'arua girls. They are singing and I love that they are mixing together with all ages. In this photo the ages range from 6 to 16, wonderful. #EducationCannotWait#EducationMatters#Kenya
Our paper on secondary school fee abolition in Africa has been published in the Comparative Education Review! We document a steep rise in fee abolition policies in the last ~20 years and review their impact: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/....
