Resources – All
** NEW – Curricular requests by grade.
Multimedia resources:
Sounds of the Ndonyo Wasin Community
Our own YouTube station of videos
Books
Packer/NWPS collaborative books (via Blurb):
The Colors of Ndonyo Wasin (2012)
A Day in a Life of a Ndonyo Wasin Student (2011)
Three Painted Hills: A Ndonyo Wasn Counting Book (2010)
Longuro Lives in Ndonyo Wasin (US edition, 2009)
Longuro Lives In Ndonyo Wasin (Kenyan edition, 2009)
Glossary
Samburu and Swahili words we have learned from our friends in Ndonyo Wasin.
The Maa Language Project: on line Maa and Samburu dictionary.
Informational PDF’s
The Thorn Tree Project (RP) The Thorn Tree Project
SENET (RP) SENET history
Packer’s partnership with NWPS (RP) Partnership history
General information about the Samburu (RP) The Samburu
Packer + NWPS timeline NWPS timeline sum 2013
Kenya
Teaching Drums – Child centered information about Kenya.
Kids-4-Kenya – Non profit supporting girl’s’ education. Thorough resource page.
The UN map of Kenya is clear and concise. Download it here (UN map kenya).
The Samburu
The Agricultural Sector Development Programme has an exhaustive and highly informative website listing details by county in Kenya. Here is the direct link to Samburu County.
The Samburu Trust – These folks have a wonderful blog that serves more like an informal text book than a blog.
Hope for Samburu’s informational video about their efforts to improve livelihood through the aloe vera harvesting. http://www.hopeforsamburu.com/
CitizenTv’s interview with Celina Lemak, the first Samburu “woman chief”.
Paul Spencer’s article “The Transfiguration of Samburu Religion: Spencer_Transfiguration of Samburu Religion
ABSTRACT. This article is a critique of Miracles and Extraordinary Experience in Northern Kenya (Straight 2007) and of gender bias on all sides. It compares this work with an earlier study on The Samburu (Spencer 1965), considering these under two headings: (I) Misfortune and the Curse, and (II) God and Afterlife.
Samburu involvement in elephant conservation through Save the Elephants. “The best potential ambassadors for elephants are those who live amongst them, sharing their land and their future.” For a more substantial exploration of Cultural perceptions of elephants by the Samburu people in northern Kenya download the PDF from the STE site.
Samburu women have been active in the conservation of the Grevy Zebra. Support and collaboration comes through World Women Work, a non-profit dedicated to supporting women’s initiatives in the area of wildlife conservation. See their short video here.
SENET & The Thorn Tree Project
To learn more about how SENET has supported the Samburu community, please watch their video and/or visit their website.
