Ngao hates deserts. He plants trees wherever he can. We walked over to Jomvu and discussed his future plans for the site. He’s standing in the midst of cypress trees he planted to eventually sell as timber. Royal Kids has a plot of land in Jomvu, in which they’ve built a small schoolhouse (pictures of [...]

On Saturdays, Royal Kids is still in session. However, the lower primary has a half-day. This is Class Three, in one of the classrooms that was finished last year. This room was finished shortly before the students left for holiday in August, so I was unable to see it filled with students. The white paint [...]

Ann Wawira and Esther Njoki are on mid-term break from high school. They attend Waa Girls, which is less than an hour away, so they were able to come home to Royals for the weekend. As I write this, they’re both working on their biology homework. I’ve been missing Veryans since she left for high [...]

While reviewing student English compositions, I spent some time in the staff room. Teacher Timothy listens as Teacher Wazome animatedly discusses yesterday’s football match between Royal Kids and another local school team. This staff room is for the upper level primary teachers, for grades four through eight. These teachers rotate between the classrooms, while the [...]

The stereotype that schools with strong academics struggle with athletics holds true for Royal Kids School. All of today was devoted to several sporting events between Royal Kids and four other primary schools in Mikindani. As you can see from the picture, our football boys (in the green and yellow jerseys) struggled to keep a [...]

This afternoon, during the games time hour, students from class four, five, and some of class seven and eight had their first web-chat with fourth and fifth grade students from Fredericksburg Christian’s Stafford campus. I took these pictures as we were waiting for them to come online. We used the eighth grade classroom for the [...]

This is Teacher Elisha, the headmaster of Royal Kids School. Somehow, just somehow, he is able to keep the upper primary running smoothly. Most educators and administrators would be amazed at how much this man is able to accomplish. Besides teaching both English and Math (he was also teaching Science last year, but the school [...]

Today’s photo credit belongs to Kamau. He’s a young man who just finished a mechanics program and is now attending driving school. He spends his free time at the school, and I asked him if he’d like to take pictures around the school’s neighborhood. That’s Royal Kids School behind those tall trees. It’s located in [...]

Before leaving for high school, Hesbon and Henry had their heads shaved this afternoon. If the boys don’t have clean cut hair when they arrive, they’ll get into a lot of trouble with their school. I joined them at the barbershop. Saidi, the shop owner, uses clippers on Hesbon. Since it was a Saturday afternoon, [...]

Next week, school sports competitions begin. Today was the last day of training for boys’ soccer and girls’ netball before Royal Kids starts competing with other schools. The boys play soccer in the public field near the school, while the girls play netball in the school’s playground. The girls started their training with five laps [...]