Tags: Dertu, Kenya

Jun 30
A camel, a tree and a blackboard: Dertu’s mobile school
By Joelle Bassoul Mojon
Sitting under a sprawling acacia tree, Abdulahi Bari Barrow points to his blackboard and asks the students to repeat the lesson after him.
Sep 09
Community Health Worker Training in Dertu, Kenya
By Jackline Oluoch
The Community Based Management for Health program, currently being implemented across the Millennium Villages in East and Southern Africa, stopped recently in the pastoralist village of Dertu, Kenya which has 850 households (350 sedentary and 500 migratory).
Nov 11
Coping mechanisms to face a devastating drought
By Ahmed Mohamed
Climate change is a reality in the Millennium Village of Dertu and Northern Kenya.
Nov 18
Dertu promoted to the administrative status of regional Division
By Ahmed Mohamed
May 2009 was a turning point for the people of the Millennium Village of Dertu, Northern Kenya.
Jun 30
A Camel, a Tree and a Blackboard: Dertu’s Mobile School
By Joelle Bassoul Mojon
With camel and cell phone, Abdulahi Bari Barrow moves with pastoralist communities to provide education.
Apr 06
Dertu MVP Students Shine in 2010 National Exam
By Abdi Sheikh Mohamed
With a little more than 700 students, Dertu’s primary school, set in this remote pastoralist village in arid Northern Kenya, was certainly not expecting to be in the news. So the joy and pride were big when a photo of one of its students was featured in a daily newspaper.