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In aid of a school where pupils know no classroom nor desks

Pupils at Nachurur Primary School in Tiaty follow a lesson under a tree. Their lessons are often disrupted by birds singing on top of the trees and cattle grazing nearby.  (Photo: Kipsang Joseph/Standard)

Kenya: There are no classrooms. There are no desks. But there are many children at Nachurur Primary School in Tiaty, Baringo County, dying to get an education — the only thing that can help them wriggle out of the grinding poverty they were born into.

The story of Nachurur Primary received overwhelming reaction from readers after it featured the dire situation the pupils have to go through just to get an education.  

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