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Kenya Connects: Day 1 Finale: Jackson's Ranch
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Travel Blog: iMentor Kenya. Day 1 Finale: Jackson's Ranch. After lunch, we say goodbye at the school and start our next drive, halfway back. Jackson’s driveway operates like a Main Street for his own small town. On one side of the dirt drive there is: a hut for laundry and cooking, anoth. Ng turkey, a house for his goats and a coup for his chicken. Main Street is stopped at a dead-end by a cement two-bedroom. House, where Jackson’s brother lives. There is no time to rest so we do not rest. Jackson wa...
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Kenya Connects: Education in Kenya: The Basics
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Travel Blog: iMentor Kenya. Education in Kenya: The Basics. Like few other places in the world, the Kenyan education system is brand new again, having begun ambitious plans to reshape itself in 2003. Under the Ministry of Education. The country is currently working toward the twins goals of (1) “universal primary education by 2005 and (2) education for all by 2015.”. In January 2003, the government of. Now spends slightly more than 30% of its national budget on education. The twin blind-spots here seem t...
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Kenya Connects: The Surprises Begin
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Travel Blog: iMentor Kenya. The Headmaster and the computer teacher, they are not alone. Although we see only a handful of people during the hour climb to the school, we now approach a crowd of people in the road. They are gathered outside the gates of the school and form a fold around the car as the gates pull back and we see what has been waiting for us inside—maybe 200 people assembled for our greeting. The school is no longer on holiday. The high school is there. The primary school is there.
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Kenya Connects: How to Preserve a Culture
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Travel Blog: iMentor Kenya. How to Preserve a Culture. What environment must exist for a culture not to change? How can you preserve a culture and create a community that allows its people to climb to the top of. All on its own? 8212;Location, location, location. Location and lifestyle need to come together to provide the basics: food, water and shelter. The supply must be in a continual state of replenishment. 8212;What secures the moat against influence is pride and an overall contentment among the peo...
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Kenya Connects: Day 1: Machakos
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Travel Blog: iMentor Kenya. Day one starts off in a flourish and is full of surprises, to say the least. After leaving. New York Saturday night. Sunday around midnight. Monday morning we are up at sunrise and off to the town of. About an hour into the hills outside of. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Sign up to Become a Mentor. Learn about the Generations Connect Donor Drive. Sereolipi Primary School Website. Support Sereolipi Primary School through the Thorn Tree Project. Day 1 Finale: Jacksons Ranch.
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Kenya Connects: Meet Steve!
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Travel Blog: iMentor Kenya. Steve, along with Joy. From Machakos), will be one of the first students to join iMentor Kenya. This winter. See him here, as he discusses why he came to school and his views on education, along with his evaluation of Kenya and its president, what he thinks about America and his hopes for the future. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Sign up to Become a Mentor. Learn about the Generations Connect Donor Drive. Sereolipi Primary School Website. Kizingoni Beach (Lamu, Kenya).
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Kenya Connects: On Samburu Culture: The Basics
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Travel Blog: iMentor Kenya. On Samburu Culture: The Basics. I find it daunting, the challenge of giving an overview of Samburu culture, with its varied and interconnected customs.Especially as they begin now to evolve at a rate far quicker than ever before. That being said, let's jump right in. A Place to Call Home. The Samburu tribe lives in Northeastern Kenya, just above the equator in the Rift Valley Province ( See Map. Two Towns: The Modern and The Bush. Approximately 800 families live here, adding u...
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Kenya Connects: Day 3 Ends: Isiolo
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Travel Blog: iMentor Kenya. Day 3 Ends: Isiolo. After 7 or 8 hours in the car we pull into Isiolo, about 3 hours south of Sereolipi and the last true town before we begin to make our way into Kenya's northeastern tribal regions. Here we will stay the night at a hotel called. Which bills itself as "tourist class.". Isiolo is a fascinating and often terrible place. What I know of the town comes from the impressive synopsis Jane. Gives me as we are pulling in. More street scenes in Isiolo. Support Sereolipi...
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Kenya Connects: The Kick-Off Begins!
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Travel Blog: iMentor Kenya. This comes as a surprise to me, but it is a truly extraordinary moment, to meet someone in person with whom you have been communicating over email. Thomas and I had discussed so many things in the first four months (our family histories, our aspirations for the future, our daily routines) that finally meeting him in-person is something special. Learning what is great about iMentor, all over again. Since it would be difficult (and costly! We jump right in. Day 3 Ends: Isiolo.
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Laikipia the region | Luxury Country House, Nanyuki, Kenya
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The area is extremely scenic with the escarpment giving way to dramatic wooded gorges and tangled riverine thickets. It has been made famous by Kuki Gallman who wrote ‘I Dreamed of Africa’ about her life in this secluded part of Africa. It is an area unknown to package tourists because all the accommodation is on private land where you are treated more like a houseguest than a tourist. Laikipia is at the forefront of ecotourism in Kenya, mainly due to the leadership shown by Lewa Wildlife Conservancy....