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Oloongerin Primary School

Location

Oloongerin Primary School is located in a Maasai community called Ngori Ngori

Area Profile:

It is an isolated community in a severely dry region with flat land, surrounded in a distance by hills. The next nearest school is 20 kilometres (12 miles) away in one direction and 100 kilometres (62 miles) away in the other direction

School Community

Students in the school enjoy athletics (marathon and relays) and ball games (soccer, volleyball, and net ball)

Some of the students live very close to the school and are only required to walk a few minutes; however, many of the students may have to walk up to 4km to get to school every morning and 4km to go home every evening

School usually provides food to the students during lunch – this may be the only meal that the students receive during the day

Subjects taught in school:

Math
Science
Social Studies
Christian Religion Education
Kiswahili
English
Physical Education
Creative Arts

Demographics

Population: Approx. 8000
Number of families: 1300
Occupation or Source of Income: keeping a small scale livestock
Average annual income: US $220
Literacy rate in village:46% of the people in the village are illiterate