Nelson Mandela Quote

Nelson Mandela also said..........

"Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that a son of a mineworker can become the head of the mine, that a child of farm workers can become the president..."

mmmmm!!............ Thought provoking............... and without education what will the sons and daughters of the Pokot become?................ How will they fulfil their dreams?

K1 & K2 and New Charity

Days to do are getting few............

K1.......... 44 Days..... 1056 Hours!!!!

K2.......... 99 Days..... 2376 Hours!!!!

I am considering setting up a New Charity to help those children in Kenya whose access to education is severely limited.

Following on from our fundraising efforts to build a school in Marich, the enthusiasm of our students to visit the area and a recent estimate that about 100 schools are needed in Pokot it is clear that we have only scratched the surface.

Nelson Mandela once said that

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” 

This would imply that without education, the world would NOT change and as such, if the children of the Pokot Region of Kenya were deprived of an education........................ their lives would not change.

Consequently it would be nice to be able to offer these children a chance to change their world by providing schools and, through these, an education to every child in the region.

We are provided with an education as a right and few of us look on this as a privilege. For the children of Pokot, they look on the opportunity of an education as a privilege which provides them with a chance to better their lives and those around them. They are also aware that without an education their chance to escape their day to day existence is severely limited.

If anyone has any ideas please let me know and let's get this show on the road. 

Suggestions for the name of the Charity would also be most welcome.

A school costs £10,000................................ 100 schools = £1 million!!

New Link - Gamewatchers Safaris

Having, as you do, surfed the web I came across the following site.

Gamewatchers Safaris

On this site one can discover more about the Masai Mara and Nakuru National Park and read about what one may encounter during our visits to these two world famous safari must visits!

Having looked into this website a little deeper I find that the cost of some of their 2 night/ 3 day safaris, excluding flights to/from Kenya, are more expensive than what we are paying for the 11 nights / 12 days field trip, including flights, on which we are about to embark!!! 

K1 & K2

K1 - 45 Days!.................... K minus 1080 Hours!!

K2 - 100 Days!.................... K minus 2400 Hours!!

No change in exchange rate and, as I type, nothing else to say apart from enjoy your Easter and last few days of freedom.

K2-day

In answer to one of the students who signed up for the 2nd trip to Kenya (K2) it is only 101 days until we have lift off! Again, in terms of hours, that is only 2424 hours................. and counting!!

However, for the participants of this trip it will probably seem like a lifetime away as they all have to deal with the stresses, strains and associated studying of the upcoming and imminent GCSE's. Good Luck to you all................... the trip is going to be the reward for all that hard work................... it will ALL be worth it in the end..................... and the Kenya trip, for the lucky few, will be the icing on the proverbial cake.

K-Day

K Minus 46 days (that's 1,104 hours!!!!)

That is only 23 school days........................ getting closer........................ in next to no time we'll be on our way.

Hope that all the packing is progressing well....................... or is everybody leaving it until the night before!?!?

Exchange Rate........ KSh 109.04!! NO COMMENT!

K-Day and Exchange Rate

K minus 47!!!!

The exchange rate, through the Post Office, for Currency orders made today is KSh 109.29.

Please note that this is the on-line rate and I am NOT sure what rate the Post Office itself will offer!

Glad that I'm not an investment banker........................ however, I still believe that there will be an upturn......................... quite happy to eat my words and extract rather large foot from mouth!

Have just heard from Paul in Marich at the Field Studies Centre that the University of Sheffield are currently having a great time on their annual Field Trip and Royal Holloway, who just left, had a great visit.

In addition, it would appear that our efforts to raise money for the school have not gone unnoticed. There are a number of areas in West Pokot which would also like to have schools and the DC (District Commissioner) is going to let Paul know how many schools are needed!

In the words of Bob the Builder................... can we fix it................. yes we can! 

Depending on the number of schools............................ lets see what we can do. Any advice on massive fundraising projects (£1 million), would be gratefully received.