"Planning has started to build a single stream primary school at Ndogo for 340 children. Thanks to the remarkable generosity of Ardingly College in Sussex, the marginalised community around the northern foothills of the Eburru mountains will have a beautiful new stone-built school to replace the mud huts that now exist. At the moment there are about 165 children from a number of tribes attending. The numbers are very likely to increase significantly when the full impact of the new school is felt.

Ardingly College celebrates its 150 years since its foundation in 2008. Nathaniel Woodard built sixteen schools 'for the poor'. Fees are higher now but the school offers bursaries to those unable to pay full fees and who would benefit from a first class education. The school's involvement in Kenya is seen as a good way to help 'the poor' but also as a teaching aid for privileged young Ardinians. The school plans to send parties of children to Kenya to experience at first hand the gulf between the 'haves and the have nots' and to see the remarkable wildlife that still exists in the stunningly beautiful conservation areas close to Ndogo Primary School.

John Franklin, the Headmaster of Ardingly, his wife and the school's development manager visited Kenya in February 2007 to see the project for themselves. In letters of thanks to Harry VC the trip was declared a 'life changing experience'. It is hoped that future generations of young Ardinians will think that too. As an aside, Harry VC was a school prefect when Ardingly celebrated its first 100 years in 1958. Her Majesty the Queen and Duke of Edinbugh made it a very special occasion. Harry is proud that his charity has been chosen by his former school to build a lasting and much needed school 'for the poor' 150 years after the example was set by Nathaniel Woodard."

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