Lamu

We are just back from Lamu - a remote island off the North East coast of Kenya near the Somalia border. There are 12 schools on the island and almost every school has a Camara computer lab.

Something pretty special happened on this trip to Lamu. For the first time an overseas team and a local team worked together delivering training and maintenance services to a remote community. The local team have been in training over the last few weeks and the Lamu trip was a golden opportunity for them to try out their new skills.

Ultimately this is the way forward. Local trainers empowering schools and their teachers to pass on the knowledge and expertise to the children.

Here is a small pictorial record of the trip:

Lamu Island














Local transport



Heading to the school


One of the 12 schools on the island


The door is open (I really am a poet right?)



Local training



The local trainers fixing computers



Training trainers


Rory training



Local artist prepares the certificates (in beautiful calligraphy)



Local Cemetary

Cats and Donks (sorry)


The team celebrates with donkey and cat off the menu


Bus breaks down on way home - we all get out to go to toilet (under armed guard;)



The girls had to go a bit further and almost missed the bus...


Following the trip Rory contemplates tree structures and branching?