J.L.
FOUNDATION LIBRARY
AT THE
NGENIA SECONDARY SCHOOL
History:
Dr.
John D. Maguire and James Vermey
Inaugurate the J.L. Foundation
Library
Just
under an hours drive from the
Education Center is the resettlement
area of Ngenia in the district of
Timau at approximately 7800 feet
altitude on the northern slope of
Mt. Kenya. Ngenia is a multi-tribal
settlement of overflow population
largely from the north west of
Kenya. The virgin slope has been
clear cut and divided into small
plots of subsistence farming, the
impact of which is already
pressuring the environment and
naturally the animal population. The
headmaster of the Ngenia Secondary
School is an ardant conservationist
who has, on his own, started a tree
nursery and flora and fauna studios.
Since our previous library have
proven so successful, we searched
for another location to establish an
additional library and found that
Ngenia was clearly ideal. The next
step was to find a donor to take on
the costs of building and
establishing the library and we are
happy to report that the J.L.
Foundation has risen to the occasion
and Ngenia will soon have a "J.L.
Foundation Library of the William
Holden Wildlife Foundation'. The
rural library official opened in the
summer of 1992.
