Impact story

Kiunga Primary, Lamu: a three-hour sitting near the border

Training, 14 July 2023 · Published September 21, 2026

Kiunga is far. The 2023 note mentions antelope and warthog on the road because that is what the road held, not because the story is a safari. The job was a three-hour training: how to put learners, attendance, learning areas, lesson plans, schemes, formative and summative work onto Kurasa.

Kurasa field note, updated September 2026. The visit dates, schools and participants are drawn from the published account on mykurasa.com.

Adult teachers around tables in a coastal Kenyan classroom after hours.

The sitting

Twenty people, three hours, one school.

Trainer: Eustace Gatenjwa
School: Kiunga Primary School, Lamu County
When: 14 July 2023
In the room: Seventeen staff and three administrators

What went well

People asked questions. They ran the exercises. Practical documents — the ones a teacher already has to keep — made more sense with an example than with a slide. Some staff already knew AI-assisted planning; others were new. The session had to hold both.

What snagged

Intermittent internet. A moment when teacher details had to be captured under the administrator account. Not enough hours for the full syllabus of the product. Those snags are the job in a border school. Forty percent of teachers in the later 60 Decibels sample also hit a snag. Different year, same physics.

Preparing for school use

The Kiunga visit records an introductory session and the connectivity conditions teachers encountered. Discuss devices, network interruptions and staff support when preparing a session for your school.