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Meet the Board
Meet the Board
MARA CONSERVATION
encouraging empathy for other life
MLP Team in Morocco
Advisors in Morocco
"Dream, pursue, and achieve"... We love the motto of this school, but how can they do it without resources?
Hands-on Science
On top of literacy and libraries, there are other critical education needs in the Maasai Mara. Students need practical experience in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) to progress in school, develop skills that will expand their opportunities in our changing world, and help their families and communities. The Kenyan curriculum requires students to perform science experiments to graduate from high school and be competitive to win a seat at university in science — and yet, not one public secondary school in the area where we work had a science lab. Young people here start off life with impossible disadvantages. These students have already overcome many challenges to make it this far, and they deserve access to the same learning resources that more privileged areas enjoy.
A Lab for the Maasai Mara
As a pilot project, we addressed this challenge at Maasai Mara High School in Aitong, a rural public school for boys. We had already developed a successful library here and knew of the acute need for a science lab. We approached the headmaster and offered to develop a lab if he could find the space. With that, he worked with the government to build a lab building. It took a year, but finally it was ready, and we provisioned a comprehensive lab with all the supplies and equipment needed to perform required experiments in Biology and Chemistry, and cabinetry to keep it organized.
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​Every year, students throughout Kenya take the national Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams. After we developed the science lab here in 2022, the scores in Biology and Chemistry at Maasai Mara High School rose dramatically — along with the English scores after we launched the library here in early 2022. The library also contains curriculum books in sciences. (The lab includes some materials for Physics; the lower scores for Physics may show a need for more resources.)
Maasai Mara High School Exam Results
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams, taken each November. Mean scores, on a scale of 10. The Science Lab & Library were added in 2022.
We plan to replicate this project at Sekenani Girls High School in 2025.
