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Arise and Shine

By Martha A. (Form 1) This is the time when we are kept aided Taught by Daraja to know and love and do. Step by step enlightened Toiling in faith Reaching for the skies. We have arrived to join a thousand others All with one mission To drink

August 2nd, 2018|

A Brutal Experience

By Martha A. (Form 1) Once upon a time, there lived a girl in a certain village. One day, she was asked by her grandmother to go and fetch firewood in the nearest forest. Her grandmother advised her to take extreme care of herself. She tiptoed slowly

July 19th, 2018|

The Written Image

By  Christine M. (Form 4) If you saw her today, you wouldn’t believe she is the one. A girl full of life and determined to challenge life. In the year 2000, in Murang’a, Kenya, a bouncing baby girl was delivered in Marie Slopes. She was a source of

July 12th, 2018|

Fight Against Corruption

By Martha A. (Form 1) In Kenya there has been corruption for several years. Leaders use the resources that are supposed to be used to bring development, for their own good. Like some of the MCA, instead of building roads and homes for the homeless, they use it

July 2nd, 2018|

The Change I Would Like To Make

By  Neema L. (Form 2) It is very irritating to see people suffering from hunger and there is a way to control it. It is better to prevent than to cure. Giving people relief food is more expensive than teaching them how to produce and utilize their food

June 21st, 2018|

Wildlife Poaching

By Juster M. (Form 2) Lion, wild and mighty king of the jungle with point claws and thick mane, The beautiful long necked spotted giraffe, Grazing happily on the dry savanna grassland, The black and white striped zebra and the mighty rhinoceros, The enormous elephant with the amazing

June 18th, 2018|

Corruption! Corruption! Let’s End Corruption!

By  Christine C. (Form 2) After finishing her Kenyan Certificate of Primary Education, she was hopeless, helpless and not knowing where to go and where to start from. She was in a dilemma situation. The KCPE results were aired out and she found herself being the top

June 11th, 2018|

Early marriage is a challenge for girls in my community.

By  Sumeya M. (Form 3) Girls are the innocent people on earth according to me. In my community girls have big dreams to make their lives to be happy but the opportunity to reach their dreams is very small. Most of them go through hardships. They are looked

June 7th, 2018|

The Importance of Farming

By Florence A. (Form 4) The most important people in Kenya for example are the farmers. We all can agree that agriculture is out back bone. When we wake up we need breakfast, during lunch, we all need food and during supper, our stomachs are always wanting.

May 31st, 2018|

Every Drop Counts: Transition Students Host Anti-Pollution Campaign

Daraja Transition Students Win 53,000 Kenya Shillings for Anti-Pollution Campaign In conjunction with Laikipia Wildlife Forum in Nanyuki, Daraja Academy Transition students created an anti-pollution river campaign grant proposal. Students assessed community needs and compiled research about where river pollution and water shortage was a major problem in communities surrounding Daraja’s campus. In the

July 3rd, 2015|