Lempuris has just finished his first year at Naserian Primary School. When we met him, he looked smart and comfortable in his green and white uniform – the first he's ever worn. His arm waved furiously every time his teacher asked a question. And he breezed through the English alphabet test he was set.

Naserian Primary School has brought big changes for Lempuris and his family. When Lempuris first started, his dad would walk the 10km there and back with him every day. But such a long journey in the afternoon sun proved too much. So, for the past nine months, Lempuris has been living with his uncle in the centre of Malambo.

"It means he can get to school easily," Njanana explains, "and then come home, rest and do his homework in the evening. He also gets to play more. Lempuris, like all Maasai children, used to take care of our small animals – goats and sheep – after school. Now we look after them."

In place of goats, Lempuris has four cousins to play with. He sleeps under a corrugated tin-roof in a plastered three-room house, very different to the small mud boma back in Musurmuny B. His mum and dad visit often, happy to walk the distance even if only for a quick hug and hello before school.

"I love school. Because I've done so well, my mum and dad have promised to buy me some new clothes. My favourite lesson is Science, then English, then Maths. I want to be a Secondary School teacher when I'm older."

Njanana, Lempuris' father, says: "The best inheritance you can give your own child is education. I really want my child to be educated to the highest level he can be. After university I really hope he will come back and serve the community."

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