She plays 13-year-old Nawi, the eponymous heroine of the coming-of-age film set in Turkana county, a rural area which borders Uganda and where the UN says one in four girls are married before they are ...
“At least 30 per cent of school-age children in Turkana are currently out of school due to these extreme weather conditions. Additionally, the rise in early marriages and teenage pregnancies is ...
Like all the local children who star in the film ... However, she than goes back home to Turkana to bravely confront them when she finds out that her new baby sister has been promised to Shadrack ...
‘Team Sisi Kwa Sisi,’ directing the proceeds toward building the classroom and providing learning essentials for needy pupils in Turkana. In addition to the classroom, the school was named Teacher ...
as a symbol of hope for the children of Turkana. However, on Tuesday, January 28, it came to light that the Turkana County Government had allegedly demolished the structure, claiming that proper ...
Their ordeal is worsened by the fact that the children have to walk several kilometers barefoot to access the education provided by a volunteer teacher. READ: Eric Omondi's update on elderly man ...