We are currently developing links with Kahia Academy in Kenya. One of our staff members recently visited the school based in the Donduri region of Kenya and spent time in class with the children. Whilst there, the children of Kahia Academy wrote letters to the pupils at Tugby, and we have begun a letter exchange with them. We are now hoping to create a shoe box for each child in Kenya containing writing supplies, a pencil, exercise book and a rubber, to send with our next letters as these are not provided for children in Kenyan schools and many families struggle to afford them. We are hoping this link will develop an understanding of life for children in another country, the different challenges they face and hopefully foster some friendships for the future.

Kahia Academy is family run primary school with strong Christian values based near Ol Kalou in the Nyandarua region of Kenya. There are 124 pupils in the school, with a mixture of day pupils and boarders aged from 4-14 years old. 

The school sits alongside a farm which produces the majority of the food that is cooked onsite. The school itself has chickens, geese, goats and a cow for fresh milk!

The children in Kahia Academy sent letters to the children at Tugby, we have now sent letters back to them and are looking forward to learning the answers to some of our questions!