West Pokot, Kenya
From the field
38 photographs from Lomut, Kitale, and the villages of West Pokot County — this is what the work looks like, day to day.
Hands raised together at the end of a gathering
Staff and trainees outside the Kitale Vocational Training Centre
Ministry of Education signboard for Elock Chesta Girls’ Primary School, Kapenguria
A street in Kitale
Soul Harvesters Church International, Kitale
Walking a red dirt road at dusk
Roasted maize for sale at the roadside market
Traders sitting with their goods outside the shopfronts
A footpath leading toward the buildings, under a broad tree
Standing at the bridge above the river
A wide, rocky riverbed in the dry season
Hills rising beyond the scrub
A mud-brick homestead beside the road
School buildings below the escarpment, seen across the compound
Walking across the school compound toward the mountains
School buildings and swing frame against the ridge line
The full blackboard lesson on the fruit of the Spirit
Red-roofed classroom block seen through the acacia
Empty classroom, desks and benches in rows
A hand-painted teaching poster on the classroom wall
A single desk against the classroom wall
A classroom blackboard: "Always remember, after you leave, your education is your life goal"
School buildings set in dry scrub
A crowd of pupils under the covered walkway
Pupils gathered in a circle outdoors
The school kitchen: cooking drums set over wood fires
Kitchen staff working at the cooking drums
Cooking pots and firewood in the kitchen
Tending the fire beneath the cooking drums
The dining and assembly hall, empty between sittings
The hall looking toward the windows
The schoolyard under shade trees, hills beyond
Stone steps and open yard beneath the trees
Mattresses and bedding laid out across the yard to air in the sun
The long covered veranda running the length of the classroom block
Pupils crossing the courtyard between classes
Pupils along the classroom veranda
Pupils seated at the long tables in the hall
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