We help to educate Samburu children starting with preschool, to further education and employment.
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130 students
0 dormitories with showers and beds
0 libraries
200 point average for national test scores
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Roughly 1,100 students
10 dormitories with showers and beds
3 libraries
300 point average for national test scores
Roughly 20 PER YEAR
Recently, the very first students who joined the Thorn Tree preschools in 2002 have begun to graduate from trade school and college. These students were the first person in their families to ever go to school.
In 2001 there were no preschools for the nomadic children.
In 2001 there were only 130 children in grades 1 to 8.
In 2005 not a single student graduated from high school, technical school or college.
In 2007 average mean grades across classes 1 to 8 were 200.
Recently, the very first students who started school at the Thorn Tree preschools in 2002 have begun to graduate from trade school and college. These students were the first person in their families to ever go to school. There are 32 of them now with another hundred or more right behind them. They all have jobs and send part of their wages home. They have a great sense of duty and responsibility and they are very proud to be able to do this. Many are helping to put their younger siblings through school.