Where pupils study under trees and watch out for deadly scorpions

A teacher at Loosampurpur Primary School in Makutani division at work under a tree. (Photo: Kipsang Joseph/Standard)

Baringo, Kenya: Among the Maasai, 'loosampurpur' means happiness and this must have been the spirit and intention behind a community's decision to set up a school and give it that name.

But names can be deceiving because six years on, the pupils of Loosampurpur Primary School have known nothing but sorrow.