There are thousands of children in Kenya who are deprived of an education, not through choice but through poverty and drought. Over the last 8 years the "I will not complain" charity (registered in Kenya) has built water tanks, laid water pipes sponsored young people into college and university and built 3 government recognised schools that now educate hundreds of children.
Once a school is built and officially recognised by the Kenyan government, they provide trained teachers and food aid. Children are guaranteed 2-3 meals a day and a formal education. "I will not complain" then goes on to provide furniture and stationery and uniforms which the children are always proud to wear... more info
The Maasai (also Masai) are a Nilotic ethnic group of semi-nomadic people located in Kenya and northern Tanzania. Due to their distinctive customs and dress and residence near the many game parks of East Africa, they are among the most well known of African ethnic groups. They speak Maa, a member of the Nilo-Saharan language family that is related to Dinka and Nuer, and are also educated in the official languages of Kenya and Tanzania: Swahili and English. The Maasai population has been variously estimated as 377,089 from the 1989 Census or as 453,000 language speakers in Kenya in 1994 and 430,000 in Tanzania in 1993 with a total estimated as "approaching 900,000". Estimates of the respective Maasai populations in both countries are complicated by the remote locations of many villages, and their semi-nomadic nature. Although the Tanzanian and Kenyan governments have instituted programs to encourage the Maasai to abandon their traditional semi-nomadic lifestyle, the people have continued their age-old customs. Recently, Oxfam has claimed that the lifestyle of the Maasai should be embraced as a response to climate change because of their ability to farm in deserts and scrublands.
- In feb 2005 a group of 13 people set out to Kenya to build a school for a maasai community whose children were in desperate need of an education. They were working for the Mokogodo West Self Help Community Prject (An African based charity started in 2002) This video was part of a series of school talks and was intended as additional material not as a stand alone piece.
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In 2010 the I Will Not Complain charity returned to Kenya to build a headteacher's accomadation for a school built in 2006.
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Koija Laikipia region
Our first visit was to Koija in the Laikipia region. This trip in 2002 saw water sourced and 14 km... Read More
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Ilturot, Dol Dol
Our next place to revisit was a primary school we built some 5 years ago called Ilturot. After we built the first classroom in 10 days... Read More
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Dol Dol Secondary school for Boys
Our next stop was the DOL DOL secondary school for boys, a school that we adore visiting. They do so much for the boys... Read More
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Musul, Mukogodo West Region
So back to Musul where we started building the school over 3 years ago and now there are 3 classrooms and a kitchen...
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