Margaret, 13, stands beside staff from UNICEF, Kilifi County and Lifeskills.
In the heart of Kilifi County, where the memories of a devastating flood still linger, the sound of children’s voices is starting to fill the air once more. Just one year ago, Tunzanani Primary School was submerged under catastrophic floodwaters, leaving a landscape of destruction.
For 13-year-old Margaret and 12-year-old Gabriel, the torrential downpour and ensuing floods in Kenya threatened to end their dreams of completing their education and entering the field of science. The classmates watched as their school, in the path of the flood, was destroyed. Their studies, hopes and futures seemed to vanish in the deluge.
But even as floodwaters washed away their books and supplies, the community’s determination to keep learning afloat endured. Through funding from Education Cannot Wait (ECW) and Postcode Education Trust (contributed by players of People’s Postcode Lottery), a UNICEF programme is ensuring that Margaret, Gabriel and crisis-affected children in the country are able to continue their education.
Learn more: www.educationcannotwait.org/news-stories/human-stories/we...
Photo Credit: © UNICEF Kenya/Paul Kidero
Margaret, 13, stands beside staff from UNICEF, Kilifi County and Lifeskills.
In the heart of Kilifi County, where the memories of a devastating flood still linger, the sound of children’s voices is starting to fill the air once more. Just one year ago, Tunzanani Primary School was submerged under catastrophic floodwaters, leaving a landscape of destruction.
For 13-year-old Margaret and 12-year-old Gabriel, the torrential downpour and ensuing floods in Kenya threatened to end their dreams of completing their education and entering the field of science. The classmates watched as their school, in the path of the flood, was destroyed. Their studies, hopes and futures seemed to vanish in the deluge.
But even as floodwaters washed away their books and supplies, the community’s determination to keep learning afloat endured. Through funding from Education Cannot Wait (ECW) and Postcode Education Trust (contributed by players of People’s Postcode Lottery), a UNICEF programme is ensuring that Margaret, Gabriel and crisis-affected children in the country are able to continue their education.
Learn more: www.educationcannotwait.org/news-stories/human-stories/we...
Photo Credit: © UNICEF Kenya/Paul Kidero