In the dusty villages of Kilgoris in Narok County, where generations of girls have quietly disappeared into early marriages and harmful cultural practices, a quiet revolution led by women is challenging traditions that for decades silenced dreams. The revolution has no grand headquarters, no government convoy and no multimillion-shilling funding. Its battleground is the homestead, the classroom, the village meeting and sometimes the tense negotiations between determined mothers and families preparing to marry off underage girls. At the centre of this movement stands Olerai Manyatta Community-Based Organisation (CBO), a grassroots women’s group that has steadily transformed lives across Narok and beyond by rescuing girls from forced and early marriages, returning them to school and equipping vulnerable children with the tools to reclaim their futures. What began as a small collective of concerned women has evolved into one of the most influential community-led education and ...
With schools now closed and children settled into the rhythm of the long holiday, a familiar pattern is quietly taking shape in many households: books tucked away, routines relaxed and academic learning largely paused. For parents, this break is often seen as well-earned rest for their children. Yet beneath this pause lies a less visible risk; the gradual erosion of foundational numeracy skills that are critical to a child’s development. Foundational numeracy is often misunderstood as classroom mathematics—worksheets, exams and correct answers. In reality, it is far more practical and deeply woven into everyday life. It is the ability to make sense of numbers in ordinary situations: sharing food equally among siblings, calculating change at a shop, estimating how long a journey will take, or deciding whether there is enough money to buy a desired item. These are not school exercises; they are life skills. And during the holidays, children encounter these situations more fre...