Born Free Foundation work with Masai school in Amboseli
Born Free have given a water supply, kitchen and food store to the school so that the kids can complete their education - in return for the Masai aiding Born Free in their wildlife conservation work. It was such an emotional experience; the local Catholic missionary spoke up and said "It is so difficult to create a school when there is no money and we have nothing. We are so grateful to Born Free and Land Rover". Land Rover have donated cars to Born Free Kenya to enable them to get to these remote schools - without this generosity, the work couldn't happen as the school is inaccessible to all but full-on offroaders. Nice one, Solihull. Good to know that you guys still have a heart. Please keep it up.
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Both Linda and I are teachers, back in Britain. It put our job in perspective when we saw classrooms with no electricity, one pencil and one notebook per child, and where the continued education of a child depends on adequate water for the family cattle. As honoured guests from Britain, a place the kids had only heard of as some mythical land, we were given a meal of ugali, skumawiki and nyama choma - stiff maize porridge, kale cabbage and roast goat, eaten with fingers. Again, the perspective of life here hit us when the school packed up for the end of term and everyone trooped off, kids to herd cattle and fetch water, and elders and the infirm piled into the community's single motor vehicle, a battered, indestructible and seemingly immortal Series III pickup. Even as young as Year Five the boys are considered men and have been allocated brides, and must do the work of men during their school holidays.
) The flattest part of the track to Lenkisem, giraffes loping across. |
) Towards the end of the day we headed for a place to camp in Amboseli, over a 60km road with horrendous corrugations. |
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) Amboseli sunset.... still convinced this is a wonderful dream. |
) Heading for a place to put the tent up and crack a beer at the end of a long day... lots to think about. |
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