Why back to school season matters

Why back to school season matters (Photo: iStock)

For 38-year-old Esther Achieng’, a mother of three in Meru, the school reopening season is always a balancing act. “The joy of seeing them back to school is real,” she says, “but so is the pressure. Uniforms are expensive, books are never enough, and school fees hang over your head like a cloud. But when I walk my children to school on that first day, I also feel pride. It is a small victory,” says the mother of three boys and a girl. 

In Wote, Makueni, Ambrose Kilonzo, a father of four, has found a creative way to make the back-to-school crisis and shopping less stressful.