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We are running the Royal Parks Half Marthon for Loldia school - here is some background on the project:

Several years ago a few dedicated individuals, with the help of Loldia Primary school, established a bursary fund which sent eleven children to attend secondary school. The Loldia School Fund, a UK based charity, was set up in 2001 to continue and expand the work of the bursary fund, focusing on improving the quality of resources and education at the school and developing a scholarship programme to aid pupils through secondary education.

There are now approximately 1300 children between the ages of 6 and 17 attending Loldia Primary School. The numbers at the school have doubled in the past four years following the introduction of free primary education by the Kenyan Government in 2003. Unfortunately this laudable action has not been accompanied by an increase in resources leaving many schools such as Loldia Struggling to cope.

The school has 13 qualified teaching staff and 12 junior assistant teachers under the headmaster Peter Njoroge. As in all of Kenya the primary school is divided into eight standards which in principle cover the ages 6 -13 years but in practise include many older children who have experienced a break in their education. The Kenyan Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE is taken by all pupils in standard 8).

The rural location of the school means the vast majority of the pupils’ parents work on local farms or as subsistence farmers with very little income.

More information can be found on the Loldia School website at www.loldiaschoolfund.org.uk.

This project is run by a charity which our friend HA works for, so we know all the money will go to the people on the ground.

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So please dig deep and donate now.

Jonny and Lela