The Laikipia-Samburu ecosystem has the second largest population of elephants in Kenya making it a hotspot for human-elephant conflict. In order to mitigate this conflict, Ol Pejeta initiated an elephant monitoring programme in 2005 to […]
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Thome Boys Secondary School, a center of excellence, is one of the few schools of its kind. On a recent visit, Moses Waihenya, the education officer at Ol Pejeta, was delighted to find that the […]
PA-MOJA volunteers visited Kenyan sister school, Uaso-Nyiro, in August, 2013 to bring cultural exchange materials from Canadian school, ASIA-North Poplar. This exchange continued the longstanding relationship between the two schools. The team was treated to […]
As the PA-MOJA team entered the school compound, 220 nursery children gave a warm welcome by holding hands with the visitors. This was quite a heart warming welcome. Mr. Samuel Kamau, the head teacher, took […]
One of the goals of Project Kenya Sisters Schools is to create collaborative partnerships between North America and Kenya. One such partnership has been started between PA-MOJA and ‘Lee’s Shop,’ a small consignment store in […]
Land ownership has been a hot topic for millennia. When the US was first created, Thomas Jefferson heavily contemplated how to legally deal with land ownership going back and forth on whether or not the […]
New PA-MOJA volunteer, Leigh Vierstra, from Madison, Wisconsin, created this video by combining footage she took of her students at Madison East High School and students at her sister school, Malek Girls’ school. Leigh returned […]
PA-MOJA volunteers, Alison Stuart, Silvia Knittel, Betty Kiddell and Leigh Vierstra witnessed and filmed a cheetah bring down and eat a pregnant impala. In the six years PA-MOJA volunteers have visited Kenya, this is the […]
It is very difficult for the community leaders in the communities that surround the Ol Pejeta Consevancy to be able to select the most vulnerable for assistance by PA-MOJA, as almost everyone is needy. Every […]
The PA-MOJA team and Ol Pejeta staff were welcomed to Ereri School by Principal Girald Ngatia. This school was recently awarded the “Most Improved” status in Laikipia by the District Education Office. This status recognizes […]
Endana Secondary School students and their principal were happy and excited to welcome the PA-MOJA team to their school. PA-MOJA volunteers, Erin Douglas, Pat Douglas, Maureen Jennings, and Alison Stuart were invited to participate in […]
Tharua Primary School was recently linked with a new sister school, Mundy Road Elementary in Vancouver, Canada. Mundy Road Elementary was introduced to PA-MOJA near the end of 2012 when a team of students from Abbotsford […]
The teachers had been on strike for several weeks when I returned to Njoguini Primary School in Nanyuki, Kenya. So, it was surprising to find myself greeted by many children on this recent visit. Staffed […]
The founding philosophy of PA-MOJA is based on the idea that to protect the wildlife of eastern Africa you need to care for the people living within the region. The Ol Pejeta Conservancy is home […]
While touring Tigithi Secondary school with Project Kenya Sister School volunteers, Chairman of the Board, Jackson Mwihuri, was happy to show off the school’s progress. Mwihuri, with good reason, was clearly proud of the academic […]
Driving down the dirt road to Thome Boys’ Secondary School, I felt excitement and a slight nervousness at the unexpected. This year the school where I teach, Girard Academic Music Program, in Philadelphia became sister […]
Emily Rosa Lerosion joined the Ol Pejeta staff as a Project Kenya Sister School Coordinator in April of this year. Her position is uniquely dedicated to PA-MOJA work. What brought you to this position with […]
Two PA-MOJA Kenyan primary schools competed in a regional music festival and came in second place. Uaso Nyiro primary school performed a modern singing and dance competition. The children looked beautiful in their music costumes […]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN8_Du0adCQ] PA-MOJA believes that Kenyans have a wealth of knowledge to share with the rest of the world. Watch as a group of Kenyan students teach their North American friends how to make a ball […]
The girls’ hospitality was overwhelming as they welcomed every guest from the gate to the tent. On the 24th of May 2013, Loise Nanyuki girls held a prize giving day for its 2012 form four […]
Endana Primary School borders Ol Pejeta Conservancy in the north. It is also a school that has pupils from the neighbouring pastoralist communities. Its capacity is 452 pupils in standard 1 to 8 and […]
Ereri Primary school is located amongst the pastoral commuities in the northern part of the Ol Pejeta Conservancy. It has a capacity of 304 pupils, 157 boys and 147 girls. It also has 10 […]
Tharua Primary School is a developing school that has 189 boys and 191 girls. There are also 10 teachers from Standards 1 to 8 and 3 in ECD classes. There is a total of 115 ECD pupils, […]