Feb 5.   Today we did impromptu visits to two grade schools. Surprised the three teachers/principals in an office, and they agreed to let us peek in a couple of classrooms.  Debby let them know that she was on the lookout for exceptional students and teachers for her private high school. They were interested in this so admission was granted. Four classrooms had no teacher and 25 kids sitting quietly, looking at books. One classroom had a very bright and determined woman eloquently teaching 5th graders uses of adverbs with lots of interaction.  No windows no electricity and lots of flies.  Not a single sign of wealth on any child.  And not a single sign of disruptive or rambunctious behavior.  Debby said it’s because they would get a beating at home if they caused trouble.  Same deal at the next school.  Well behaved uniformed kids.  This time it was a boys’ school, all male teachers.  Met with the principal whose office was a railroad boxcar.   Next popped into the neighborhood medical clinic.  Now around 11 in the am.  Got a quick tour from a nurse.  No doctor around but four or five patients waiting patiently.  Doctor and nurse practitioners schedules seemed unknowable and unpredictable.  Didn’t see any medicine practiced but saw five or six empty offices.   Got back to the Top Ride academy and toured the recently completed biofuel “plant” which Peter the principal got started.  The design requires four cows to produce enough manure to be collected in a cistern to produce enough methane gas under pressure to keep the system functional and power a small generator.  Unfortunately, two of the cows were bitten by a deadly kind of tick and died. System down indefinitely until they can get the funds for two more cows — 1600 dollars.   Day ended with a fine show put on by Top Ride school students in Debby’s back yard.  Multiple skits, songs, and dances produced and directed by the kids themselves on two days’ notice. Performed with confidence and pride as the sun set.  We are then invited to Peter’s house for a home cooked meal Kenya style. Didn’t recognize a single dish but it was tasty.