Well...finally in today's paper, Kenya's Minister of Education spoke out AGAINST the reintroduction of caning schools, said that it would reverse the positive effects of the Children's Act 2001, and said that teachers are responsible for ensuring that children are not harmed while they are in school (either by teachers or other children)!!! I am so happy! Granted, perhaps I have taken this issue a little bit too closely to heart, but it is a huge relief to know that there are intelligent, sensible politicians in this country who can see when a policy decision would be seriously detrimental to society. Instead of reintroducing caning, the Ministry of Education is introducing new safety policies to assist in decreasing acts of student violence, drugs, and alcohol in schools.
In other news, it is a very busy week for Kristoffer, who is facilitating a School Feeding Programme training of all the District Education Officers (DEOs) who have jurisdiction in areas where WFP feeds children. It is a 4 day affair that has required him to leave the house in the dark and come home in the dark too! It is great experience for him though, is introducing him to many educational players throughout the country, and has probably increased his profile within WFP. Go him! But I'm sure he'll be happy to get a little more sleep next week!
We are also getting ready to have more visitors in a few weeks! Our great friends Morten, Morten, and Elsebeth from Denmark are coming to visit us! We are so excited - our first non-family visitors! Maybe we'll ask them to post a blog about how great it is here so that more of you will come :)
LMW
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