Kitale

One of our Leamington Spa Associates, Rev Richard Suffern, spent several weeks in Kenya with his family in July 2006 - during which time he set up a local partnership for us with the diocese of Kitale. In this area the national language Swahili is spoken, along with a regional language, Pokot. With financial help from Richard's church and a free British Airways ticket, one of the Kitale community workers, Selina Mayodi, spent a month in Leamington in June 2007 - working on translations and recordings in Pokot. Selina brought with her a wealth of knowledge about her country and people and it was a real privilege to be able to discuss how to improve the lessons for use in the field. As a result of her visit we now have a grand total of 12 lessons available in Pokot, which are already being used in villages in the Kitale area.

Selina Mayodi during her visit to Lemamington Spa, Group of community workers translating a lesson script