Njoro is a small town outside Nakuru in the Rift Valley. On the edge of Njoro is a small shanty slum area where families fled during tribal clashes in 1998. In 2001 we were taken to meet some of the families - over 100 people, mostly women and children, came to see us to ask if we could help them to educate and feed their children. These people had been independent, owned their own homes and small farms, sent their children to school and grown enough food for their own needs and to sell. They began to tell their stories - they had seen their husbands and fathers beaten and some murdered, many of the women were abused and raped, and the children saw what was happening and were extremely traumatised. In Njoro they have no work, no land and no money - their children could not go to school, and there is little food. We agreed to help them by giving a grant in 2001 to 'kick-start' a nursery school in a small run-down polytechnic, providing education, food, medical care and uniforms. They moved to a better plot which they rented, and when it became available to buy, Karibuni Trust gave a part loan/part grant to enable them to buy it in 2003. In 2008 there are 23 sponsored children and 40+ fee-paying in Nursery School, with 87 in Primary School who Karibuni Trust feeds in term-time and pays most of the cost of their uniforms – there is a cost-sharing system with the carers of all the sponsored children. There are 7 members of staff – 3 teachers, including the Head Mistress; 1 cook; 1 day and 1 night watchman and 1 water sales clerk. The work parties have helped to build 2 new classrooms and a large hall which is used by the baby class and Church, etc, and a new fence. A member from one work party inspired her church to raise £20,000 to sink a borehole on the site. This is now producing clean water for all the local community at a cheap rate. It is a source of income-generation for the project. There are plans to build a permanent building for the Nursery School, Vocational Training, church, youth and community work. With the help of a loan from Karibuni Trust, they have just completed the purchase of two small plots of land to the side of the present site to extend the scope of the work. The Valley Hospital, a private hospital in Nakuru, has taken an interest in the project, and has run an annual health camp there for the last 4 years, providing the staff and resources, with Karibuni Trust paying for any drugs needed. In 2008 over 548 people (the children and their families) attended, over-stretching the resources of both Karibuni Trust and the hospital staff. In 2008 Karibuni Trust sent £10,539.