Live&Learn in Kenya School Classroom Construction

"Imagine - no more hunger."  What began as just a dream of one person has grown into something extraordinary in Nakuru, Kenya: the Live and Learn in Kenya International Education Center — a vibrant, child-centered campus built on hope, trust, and perseverance. Where education is the key to the future - a future without poverty or hunger!

In the early years, LLK worked wherever space could be found: rented rooms, borrowed buildings, and overcrowded schools with broken desks and little security. But in 2007, after registering as an independent NGO in Kenya, LLK committed itself to a bold vision — creating a permanent education center where children could truly feel safe, valued, and inspired to learn.

Step by step, the campus grew. Classrooms were built first, followed by kitchens, dining halls, sanitation facilities, offices, clinics, libraries, vocational spaces, laboratories, gardens, and playgrounds. Every building was created with local workers, community involvement, and careful transparency toward donors and sponsors.

Today, the Education Center includes bright classrooms from kindergarten through Grade 9, a computer and science lab, a tailoring workshop, playgrounds, sports areas, and spaces where children can learn, play, and simply enjoy being children. Colorful classrooms, proper desks, books, and educational materials help create an atmosphere where learning feels joyful and secure.

The campus is about far more than academics. Hundreds of children receive warm meals every day in a modern kitchen and dining hall. The clinic provides basic medical and dental care. Gardens teach children nutrition and self-reliance. Playgrounds encourage balance, confidence, teamwork, creativity, and healthy development. At LLK, play is understood as an important part of learning itself.

One of the newest additions is the MadPeaPod Day Care Center, where thirty young children now begin life in a safe, loving, and stimulating environment filled with color, music, laughter, and early learning. Child-sized facilities, caring teachers, and outdoor play spaces help give even the smallest children a strong and nurturing start.

Visitors often say the same thing when they walk through the LLK gates: this place feels different. It feels alive. It feels honest. It feels full of hope.

But building the campus was only the beginning. Buildings must be maintained, classrooms repaired, playgrounds improved, equipment replaced, and facilities cared for so that future generations of children can continue learning in safety and dignity.

To every sponsor, donor, volunteer, and friend who helped build a classroom, buy a desk, plant a tree, or support this dream — thank you.

You did not simply build buildings.
You built opportunity.
You built dignity.
You built a future.

Asante Sana – Thank You

With gratitude and pride,
Brique Zeiner