GPS: 1 degree South, 24.426 and 35 degrees East 20.532
After a long and bumpy ride from Narok into the Mara, we met up with Simon and Agnes Nkoitoi and journeyed to the Koiyaki Guiding School. We spent a few days visiting with Maasai students studying to become safari guides, learning more about Maasai culture and admiring the local wildlife.
Elephants are regular visitors to the area surrounding the Koiyaki Guiding School. Contrary to popular belief, elephants are very fierce and dangerous!
Olpukoti Primary School
GPS: 0 degrees South, 54.193 and 35 degrees East, 36.756.
We traveled with Simon to his shamba (farm) in Melelo, located in the hills north of Narok. While there we visited Olpukoti, the primary school where Agnes works as a teacher.
Every year OFDC provides 40 Olpukoti students with new uniforms and underwear. Uniforms are required to attend school and, thanks to your donations, these children can continue their educations!*Agnes is in the back row, far left.
Narok AIDS Clinic
Back in Narok, we visited a woman named Lucy, a clinical counselor working at an AIDS clinic.
Lucy kindly has assisted OFDC by teaching 4 women's training seminars. The 1,050 Maasai women who attended benefited from her knowledge and the fact that she is a woman. It is a rare opportunity for them to receive answers to important questions, as they are too afraid to ask the men.
Enkusero Primary School
GPS: 0 degrees South, 30.344 and 35 degrees East, 47.350
Enkusero Primary School is a small school in the rural rolling hills of the Interior. The community is very poor and the school has many needs.
This latrine was funded by YOUR donations! Clean latrines are necessary to keep girls, especially, in school. They no longer have to fear the boys peeking at them!
Ololongoi Primary School
Olepolos Primary School
A well is currently being built for this school with materials purchased by OFDC. The parents donate their labor and 20% of the total cost, giving the community ownership of the project.We would like to thank Sarah Beth Coyote Foundation for donating the funds to make this possible!
Olemeisi Primary School
Like many of the schools in the area, the buildings are less than desirable and there is a chronic lack of water. The school has a need for new latrines so that the girls can have some much-required privacy.
Water is currently being drawn from this very dangerous unfinished well. The head teacher is requesting a new well to save the children from having to make the long trek to water from a safer place. A new well would provide clean water for up to 600 people!Safe House
Before our return to the United States we were sure to visit with the girls living in the safe house. The teen girls are lucky to have a place to stay that protects them from having to be circumcised and becoming young brides. These girls see school as their only hope and the only possible way out of traditional child marriages. YOUR donations keep these girls and others in school and enable them to have a future.
Leah, Alicent, Masi and Florence smile as they walk to school. They are grateful to you, their sponsors for helping them pursue their dreams of becoming educated, liberated women.Thank you for your support!
Remember, even as little as a dollar makes a difference.
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