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School provides a safe haven for girls

 

Imagine walking several kilometres every day to attend school in an area inhabited by all kinds of wild animals. To this, add a culture that hardly encourages education, especially for the girl-child.

That is the life of pupils from Emurutoto Primary School in Kawai in the heart of the Maasai Mara and many other parts of Maasailand.

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