The Daraja girls’ day starts with duties in their dorms before 6 a.m. and ends with study hall at 9:30 p.m. Each day is packed with studies, sports, clubs and chores – the girls need to be well fed to get through it all, and that responsibility falls on head cook Ruth and her kitchen
The Daraja girls were all hugs and cheers yesterday afternoon after their football team came first in the zone. This allows the team to compete in the district tournament in Nanyuki next weekend! Daraja took their first game against the host school, Il Polei, 2-0. Hadija and Lillian from Form 3 scored early in the
You arrive as a volunteer your first time, and everything—especially you, yourself—is a mystery; you are a whole other world in your own process, coming into a community in its own process. When you arrive as a volunteer for the second time, you are embraced into that community without hesitation; they are sprinting to give
As the girls beaver away at their midterm exams, the on-campus clubs remain active to help them stay balanced in their studies. The girls will be writing exams from today until Wednesday afternoon, sometimes with four midterms in a day. Having their regular extra-curricular clubs helps them to de-stress and enjoy some time together, away
Write six words to describe yourself and what you stand for—that was the challenge given to Daraja’s students by volunteer Sue August. Sue reminded the girls of the power that a few little words can have using the example of WISH. The Daraja girls know this acronym well—Women of Integrity, Strength and Hope—and regularly relate
The Daraja girls did it again! Over the weekend, ten students participated in the regional Poetry and Music Festival. Of those competitors, four girls will be traveling to compete in the provincial competition in Eldoret. Three of those girls came first in their competitions: Mary N. from Form 1 in Swahili public speaking, Rosalia from
“This is something that may change your attitude about history,” says Teacher Victoria to the Form 2 class. Before the girls’ most recent break in April, they were given an assignment to interview some of the elders in their communities. Their goal was to learn about that what had happened in that person’s life—their challenges
Last week, the Form 2 students, who will be Daraja’s second graduating class in 2013, were asked to consider short-term goals they can set for themselves that will lead to one long-term goal by the time they graduate. In their previous lesson, the girls were taught that goal-making is SMART: Specific Measurable Achievable Realistic Time-bound
As soon as professional runner and reigning Bay to Breakers champion Lineth Chepkurui agreed to be part of the Daraja Race for 77, there was one thing she wanted to do right away: Write a letter to her partner Catherine. Catherine is an 11th grade student at Daraja Academy who has excelled in academics and
Daraja’s most senior class spent time in their WISH lesson last week talking about our responsibility to some of the most important people in our lives – our older family members and the elderly in our communities. WISH – Women of Integrity, Strength and Hope – is a class that helps the students gain
The Daraja girls proved themselves a force to be reckoned with in public speaking and poetry recital last weekend at the district Music and Poetry Festival. Out of 11 participants, 10 will carry on to the regional competition to compete against students from Laikipia Central, East, North and West. The most outstanding effort of the
After taking shelter from a welcome afternoon rainstorm, the Daraja girls—wearing their new Bay to Breakers t-shirts—burst out from the starting line with smiles and cheers for the first ever Daraja Lap-A-Thon on Sunday afternoon. The girls were pumped up from the beginning with news that Kenyan runner and winner of last year’s Bay to
