Happy Birthday Leboy!

Today is Leboy's birthday. He is now 8 years-old!

Message from Leboy

hello we are buying bag tomorrow

Visit at the end of the month

Since I will be in southern Kenya for my summer research project, I will take a couple of days to go down to Tanzania at the end of July and visit Leboy. If there is anything you would like me to give him or tell him, please let me know!

1st term - check!

Leboy's first term report is here again. The new second-grader has done very well. Although his class rank isn't as high as the end of the school year in December, he has definitely shed some of the Bs and replaced them with As. His teacher seems to be very pleased with him. No doubt Leboy will keep pushing himself to achieve his full potential. Congratulations!

A quick thank you

As the year ends, and given Leboy's immense progress and success this first year, I would like to write a thank you note to everyone who has believed in this wonderful project and helped out one way or another. Leboy would not be where he is without your support. I would encourage you to spread the word and keep getting involved. Thank you for a wonderful year. :)

End of Standard 1 - Success!

Leboy's first year in St Thomas School has come to an end, and he has done spectacularly well! His end of year report is in, and *on average* he has all As and Bs for the year. If you'll look a bit closer at the report card (click image for full size), he actually achieved very high marks in his third term, which shows that Leboi has been been quickly improving since his arrival in Arusha. He is now ranked 9th, which is incredible progress if we remember where he started.
Leboy is now on some well-deserved holidays, and will resume school as a second-grader in January. Well done, Leboy!

Some more pictures of Leboy

Some friends from Yale were in Arusha over the summer and were kind enough to go visit Leboy and take some pictures of him and his work. Thank you, Emma and Alex, for the wonderful pictures.