17/06/2020
After a visit to the Sekenani Boarding School, a school for 900 pupils, we understood the pressing need for a library. A library where students have a place where they can read, study, and do their homework. Most of the children live at the school during the terms. The dormitories are packed, sometimes with 70 girls or boys in one building, sleeping in three storage beds and sometimes two in each bed. They have no place to sit and have no privacy for their studies. So therefore, we decided to build a library. Through a network of generous donors, we have also been able to collect chapter books, picture books and other books in different subjects!
Schools in Kenya have very little means. To be fluent in English is a door opener to job opportunities, especially in official jobs and in the tourism industry. English is an official national language in Kenya which has also endorsed a law of enforcing that every third job in the official sector should be held by a woman. Great opportunity for many girls to educate them into jobs, at least with an exam from Secondary School.