During the fall of 2006, ROTH members served as volunteer teachers at “The Walk” nursery school in Nakuru, Kenya. The children at “The Walk” are all residents of the Hilton slum, a small community built within the local landfill.  Previous to its opening in April 2005, children did not attend school and would often have no choice but to eat whatever food they could find in the garbage.  “The Walk” provides these children with a basic pre-school level education and at least one healthy meal a day.

At the beginning of October, many of the children wrote an entrance exam for the state-run Primary School. Twenty-four children passed the exam and twenty-seven children were in need of sponsors. Thanks to the generous donations made by family and friends, we managed to sponsor all twenty-seven children within two days!

Upon our return to Kenya we were able to visit many of our former students from “The Walk”.  What a joy it was to see them in their new Primary School uniforms!!!  Again, a big thank you to all those who helped send twenty-seven deserving children to school.

Ester plays with a basketball during recess.

ROTH member Alannah and Grace in "The Walk" schoolyard.