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You say the Jubilee School is not a missionary school but it is being run by Fr. Symon, a Catholic Priest. Can you explain?
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Not all the Maasai people are Catholics/Christians and not all the people who live in Maasai land are Catholics/Christians. I have pointed out in a few places on the web-site, I want a school for children regardless of their walk of life. I personally went to a public school during the colonial era in Kenya…
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The tuition and room and board seem to be considerable in light of the average annual income of the Maasai. Are people accustomed to paying tuition, room and board?
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Private (not public) schools in Kenya are tuition fees driven. Those private schools that have boarding facilities charge extra to those who board. Public schools that have free education also, charge for boarding fees where they have the facilities. The Maasai however, are recently beginning to see the values of a good education. By observing…
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How will you accept/encourage children to come to your school? Is there some sort of network?
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Because Father Ntaiyia Jubilee School is in Narok Kenya, and was to start operation while I am ministering in the US, I employed a retired school teacher, a family man who is respected in the community, to start the school for me. He has had a lot of experience in setting up new schools. He…
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What was your original plan to intake students?
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My original plan was to have children in school by January 2008 but this did not materialize because of the December 2007 post-election violence in Kenya that affected many people and places. Since our first grade (class one ) children we had hoped to enroll had to walk daily from home to school, parents were…