EBURRU SCHOOL The village of Eburru is situated 85km Northwest of the capital Nairobi, on the North side of Lake Naivasha. The village sits on top of a hill and looks out over the Great Rift Valley. It’s a beautiful but very poor village of around 20 thousand people from 10 different tribes. The area has no running water, rivers or streams, so the village depends mainly on steam water that comes up through the volcanic earth and is cooled down by makeshift geysers. The land is fertile – maize, beans, vegetables and fruit are grown and consumed locally. A rainwater collection tank has been built at the school which means that the school is self sufficient in water throughout the year. Eburru Secondary School shares a Global Partnership with Langley Park School for Girls in the UK.   The Art club at Eburru started in October 2009, after an Art teacher from Langley Park Girls visited and taught at Eburru. The students enjoyed drawing from observation using pencil and pastel. During the week, the students focussed on their beautiful landscape and the trees, whilst considering the issues surrounding 'Deforestation'. The pupils also wrote some wonderful poems about the importance of trees; these were sent to the Langley Park pupils to enjoy and respond to in their own artwork.   Since then, Eburru pupils have continued to enjoy regular painting workshops provided by MASK, as well as Art club sessions run by the dedicated teachers at the school. The Art club meets once in a fortnight on Saturdays. The club receives lot of support and encouragement from the school. The Art club is sponsored by the Stokers Family who are friends of Eburru Secondary school. Towards the end of last year, the club had a week long art workshops that were held after the classes for two hours. The art workshops were followed by an exhibition. The students through the assistance of MASK art teacher, John Githiri did lots of creative activities. Eburru students working on their art projects Hillarious Collages of the famous made by Eburru students President Kibaki as a 'Model' President Kibaki as a Farmer President Obama 'tea picking' PM Raila Odinga as a 'Model' DPM Uhuru Kenyatta 'tea picking' Beautiful cards that were made by the Club members During the exhibition Eburru Art club was given this room by the School to use during the art lessons. It is a beautiful and spacious room that will be shared by the art club members and the Physics students. The art club members proudly hangs their art work on the walls. We thank the school for the support they have offered to the Club. Club members during a dancing class Club members Acting a play