IT'S FINAL EXAMS WEEK AT DARAJA! Study, study, study! Such was the focus on campus this week as the girls prepared for their end-of-term exams. For the Form 1s, this part of the term could have been very stressful, but the girls divided up into study groups and actively prepared for success. "The Form 1s
Grassroots Girls Club produces an income-generating venture in partnership with local NGO How can you help your local community? The Grassroots Girls Club at Daraja posed that question to themselves, and came up with a fun, innovative program that would do just that. The Grassroots Girls partnered with MS Kenya to teach tribal dancing in
Last weekend in Nanyuki, over 30 schools met to face off in Netball and Athletics (Track & Field). The Daraja Academy dominated across the board, handily winning all 4 Netball games and advancing to next week’s regional tournament in several Athletic categories. "At first, I felt very nervous," Christine Jamaica, Form 4, said. "I thought,
Mpala Field Trip Twenty four Daraja girls got to do the work of research scientists on a recent field trip to Mpala Research Center, a few miles from the school campus. In small groups, girls tracked Grant’s gazelles, elephants, dik-diks and impalas that are being studied, measured water loss in plant leaves, and compared ecosystems.
When the 28 new students arrived on campus, the Daraja Family was complete for the first time since the school opened in 2009. The new girls received a rock-star welcome, hugging and excitement from their new sisters as they entered the Daraja gate for the first time. For most of the new students life at Daraja
There is a story that needs to be told. Though it is a story that has not yet been written and began over 20 years ago, it is quickly gaining momentum. This story began as a dream of Africa and its rugged, amplified beauty, its beautiful wildlife and its proud, noble people. However, the story
