The Official Blog of The Daraja Academy

Daraja Strength

There is strength in this new world that I call home. A quiet strength I hadn’t anticipated, a strength that I needed to know existed. Slowly, incrementally it is revealing itself to me. I’d traveled through many African nations. I had lived in Tanzania for six months after college, before I ...

Facebook Holiday Drive

A lot has been made in the last year about the successes of Facebook and Twitter as modes of communication--and not just for meaningless communication, but the type that can empower change. Organizations like Charity: Water have very effectively utilized this powerful form of spreading a message of hope. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKENl_msoR4[/youtube] We at ...

Daraja Ni Tuzo Twajivunia

Music class is an important part of daily life at Daraja Academy. In the video below, taken from early on the in the school year, the students sing a beautiful version of "Life Is But A Dream" in the round, led by their music teacher Miss Catherine. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CPZoPR-xZU[/youtube] Music lessons have advanced ...

Daraja Academy Opening Ceremony

Daraja Academy exists! Though the “opening ceremony” took place midway through the third and final term of the school year, it did take place. We exist. We are legitimate and man it was FUN. A lot of planning and preparation went into the October 23rd Opening Ceremony. The campus looked incredible ...

A Daraja Academy Day Off

Daraja Academy just stretched, yawned and took a well deserves 4 day weekend. The school essentially runs on the trimester system and this served as our Term III, mid-term break. If you were one of the 26 Daraja Academy students, what would you have proposed as an activity to relax ...

Memorial for a Hero – Richard Harley

*** The Carr Educational Foundation and Daraja Academy need your help. Please read the following and PLEASE, if the the message makes sense to you - PASS IT ON. Forward this to your friends, post it on the bulletin board at work and consider making a contribution for girls of ...

Daraja Academy Champion, Rich Harley Passes Away

The World lost a true hero on Saturday September 12th when Richard F. Harley passed away. Rich was 59 years old and is survived by his wife of 37 years, Evelyn, and his three sons Eric, Mark, and Andy. Rich died in New York City after suffering a heart attack while ...

A New Bridge Built (with A LOT of heart) BY Maggie Gaughran

I am always blown away when I get to witness Daraja Academy an its environs through a visitors eyes - when that visitor is family, it becomes that much more meaningful. Maggie Gaughran is my 22 year old cousin, she was named after my maternal grandmother Margaret Higgins Doherty, who ...

Daraja on the Internet

Daraja has been alive and well on the internet for many years, but we're trying to make it easier to allow supporters like you to learn about what's happening on campus. As such, we'd like to point your attention to 2 noticeable changes: -First off, Facebook. Facebook is a fantastic way ...

A Quiet Breeze

It is close to 7pm, that time when the campus glows a warm and golden, after the sun has dropped over the western horizon and I am totally unaccustomed to the quiet. Generally, the students would be scattered across campus, trailing into the classroom block or the library, from their dormitory, ...