World Vision Kenya has committed Sh136 million to the construction of a secondary school at Akoret location in Tiaty West Sub-County of Baringo County to boost access to education.

The child-focused Christian, humanitarian, advocacy and development organization says the first secondary school to be built in the sub-location will help vulnerable children in Baringo.

The project being implemented through World Vision’s Kenya Big Dream Programme will grow access to affordable education, reduce school dropouts and create a rescue centre for survivors of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), and tame rising child marriages in the region.

World Vision Kenya National Director Gilbert Kamanga lauded Baringo County Government of and the community for creating an enabling environment for the well-being of children.


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“As World Vision, we celebrate the community for allowing us to partner with them in enhancing the lives of children through education. I also appreciate the Governor and his Government for collaborating with us on this front and providing a space for us to put up this school,” said Kamanga.

He noted that the school will enhance community literacy levels, create an affordable and safe learning space and improve access to higher education for both boys and girls in Tiaty.

Insecurity, harmful cultural practices like FGM and forced child marriages, and movement of families to look for water have been blamed for rising cases of school dropout in Baringo County.


Speaking at the school’s ground-breaking ceremony, Baringo Governor Benjamin Cheboi said the move by World Vision will allow beneficiaries an equal chance to access quality education.

“We recognise and appreciate the sacrifice in setting up a facility to enable our children to acquire knowledge. I believe that through this initiative, the next five or 10 years, the area will be a beehive of activity that will benefit the community,” said Cheboi.

Cheboi added that the county will support the project by sinking a borehole within the next six months to provide water to the school and the Kamurio sub-location community at large.


World Vision says the two-year project will be done in two phases and will entail building classrooms, science labs, a library, two 58-bed dorms, an administration block, a dining hall and Kitchen among other facilities as well as equipping them.

The national government will register the school, establish a Board of Management to head the project, provide technical support and post teachers to the school among other support.

The Baringo community has undertaken to mobilise area families to send their children to the school and contribute the project’s maintenance costs to ensure its sustainability.