Children's Art Exhibition-great pics!

Lilyy Pond Arts gallery- a great space

Well done to all the children in Kenyan, English and  Irish schools who have  produced some wonderful art work on the theme of -What Conservation means To Me. And thanks to the Lily Pond Arts Centre in Nanyuki for loaning their wonderful gallery to display it in. Thanks also to the Laikipia Wildlife Forum for loaning their educational bus so that all the conservation teachers and prize winning pupils could go and view their work. The schools involved are part of the www.becomeafriend.net programme- creating creative links to aid understanding and learning between cultures.

Being asked to draw a fish when you have never seen an expanse of water leads to many learning opportunities- as does being introduced to wax resistance and paint wash: developed from the Parkuruk theme of  "Conservation means clean water '

It is particularly exciting to see how well the kenyan pupils interpreted this theme- conservation of their environment being such a basic part of their everyday life. The prize winners were all able to discuss the reason for their chosen themes to the Laikipia County Times...as well as how they went about their work.

Nkiloriti joining with English and  Irish pupils -'protecting our trees and our elephants' and Musul Primary protecting flora.. The tree pictures that were replicated around Nkiloriti classrooms led to a whole term's theme of conservation lessons, whilst the Musul theme was a response to the charcoal burning that is affecting their ranch and their future inheritance

Conservation of Culture from Raap and Naiperere schools- along with some wonderful bead work

The fish templates sent by Ireland for the Parkuruk pupils led to a whole new avenue of learning- plus a visit to Trout tree to see their first ever 'live' fish- not many about in the arid lands of Isiolo.