Inkiito Primary School
Location: Kajiado West Sub-County, Keekonyokie West
Amara started working with this school in 2024.
Established in 1980 by the PCEA Church, the school was built to make basic education more accessible to the young Maasai children, whose families' pastoral lifestyle made regular school attendance a challenge.
The school gets its name, Inkiito, from the area's topography, which is characterized by whetstone, a type of stone used for sharpening knives.
The school has a school hot lunch program and parents contribute towards the purchase of the food, fuel and cook’s salary. The old kitchen was made of iron sheets, and an open fire is used to prepare lunch, posing significant health and safety risks. Not all parents are able to support the lunch program and the school needed help to make this sustainable.
Amara has assisted with:
- Have supported the school with regular donations of stationery and learning materials
- Initiated an agricultural project to make the food program more sustainable
- Ensure the school has access to water during the dry season by paying for water supplies
- Construction of a modern kitchen complete with store and covered shelter in 2025
- Installed 2 energy efficient stoves to improve cooking time in 2025
Quote: “Wisdom…. comes not from age, but from education and learning.” ― Anton Chekhov
Initiated an agriculture project to support the school lunch program
Support the school with regular donations of stationery
Organised mentorship sessions for the senior students
New kitchen with store and covered shelter
Ribbon cutting at the handover ceremony
Inside the new kitchen
The kitchen before
School community celebrating the new development
