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Five Fold Joy in Walda, Sololo

It is 10am in Walda Manyatta, a sparsely populated village in Sololo, Marsabit County. It is a cloudy morning and out in the pastures is a herd of goats – twenty something in number – a teenage girl herding them. She is doing an excellent job keeping them in one herd. Here, herding goats is …

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Back to School in Ndunyuruma Primary

Ndunyuruma Village in Meru County sits somewhere between the lush green slopes of Mount Kenya Forest, and the semi-arid wildlife flats of northern Kenya. At the centre of the Village along a murram road, a block of classrooms lies to the left of a dusty field adorned with two goal posts on each extremity. Adjacent …

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Solar Water Project in Kamboe, Marsabit

For women in Kamboe Manyatta, a bustling village about 30 kilometres south of Marsabit in northern Kenya, mornings have always been dedicated to fetching water. It is a tradition that has been carried from generation to generation, just like the precious commodity, the only difference being how much time is spent fetching it.

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Attending to Special Needs Pupils During a Pandemic

Mai Mahiu is a bustling trading centre that never sleeps. It is a long distance truck stop that sits in the shadow of a massive escarpment at the bottom of the Rift Valley, about an hour west of Nairobi, the Kenyan Capital. Here, tucked between single storey shops selling household consumables, agricultural supplies and truck …

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Not Even a Pandemic Can Stop The World’s Top Teacher

Peter Tabichi was only known to his students and fellow teachers at Keriko Secondary School before 2019. Over and above what is taught in Kenya’s education curriculum, the Franciscan Brother has made it his mission to go the extra mile – even donating 80% of his income – to equip his students with skills necessary …

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Off Grid Solar Power in Kenya

In far flung villages planted beyond the reach of regular power lines and poles, an increasing number of communities are enjoying the benefits of having electricity in their homes and businesses thanks to the sun shining down on them. This is the power of solar mini grids.

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Community Outreach During a Pandemic

Marsabit has remained my favourite county to visit, mostly because of the contrast in beauty the county has. I mean, where else can you be in a rainforest one minute, and bang in the middle of East Africa’s only true desert the other? So when I received the invite from FH Kenya to document some …

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