Cause 1: There is a hiring freeze on teachers in Kenya. That means that the government will only hire a new teacher when…
Category: Education
An update from Education Program Manager Chelsea Barabas, Education Field Manager Frances Magigwe, and CDC Chairman Philip Mohochi on Nuru’s early childhood development…
The following week Tamwi and I researched the total cost of all the books Gukipimo needed. The price came out to about 50,000…
When I first visited the primary school in Gukipimo I thought, “Wow, this place looks like it came straight out of one of…
Initially I was worried that we would have difficulty getting the parents to commit to going to their schools every morning to check…
Although education is widely regarded as an extremely valuable and necessary institution in this community (Kuria West), a large portion of the farmers…
I’d like to think of myself as a morning person. I mean, I am a morning person. More or less. As long as…
The school year is about to begin in Kuria, and Nuru held its first Teacher In-Service training for local school teachers in the…
I am terrible at introductions. If you met me on the street today you probably wouldn’t believe it, but as a kid I…