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Kenya’s ‘peace’ school: Where students swap fighting for friendship

People living in Kenya’s West Pokot County have suffered years of violence, drought and a lack of investment by the government. But more recently there has been cause for hope. Last year, Kenya and Uganda signed a peace deal promising to help communities living along their borders. Recent changes to the Kenyan constitution have also given West Pokot greater autonomy, leading to the creation of a number of ‘Peace Border Schools’. We went to visit one of them.

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Video by Nour Abida and Fathiya Mohamed Nur.

(Photo: Monica and Pauline in West Pokot, Kenya. Credit: Â鶹ԼÅÄ)

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