A remote rural library, systemic change and a Daughter of Charity

“We wanted something that would take care of the youth, in the area, who are mostly idle and unemployed,” explains Sister Liz  Smith, DC. With seed money from a family in Ireland a library has been built in a remote part of Kenya. Students from nearby schools drop into the library during weekends and school holidays to do their studies using the textbooks available. A former student from the nearby Thigio Boys Secondary School, who scored an A- in his Kenya Certificate of Secondary Examinations (KCSE) offered to tutor other students for free. “The boy told us that his good performance in KCSE was a result of using facilities at the library,” explains Mrs Mburu. “He therefore wanted to give something back to society.” Read the full story.