Kabirirsang Community Library in Nandi County is the centre where elders impact their children against drug abuse, early marriages with emphasis on maintaining accepted community norms and culture.
Located in Nandi Hills, the library was started in 2019 out of local materials with aim of shaping the children for better future.
During holidays, the elders discourage their children against dropping out of school and ways of keeping themselves safe while they are still small until when they are grownups, says Gideon Kitur, the Community Library chairman. "Knowledge of the mother tongue is also emphasized on the event.
There is a big difference between millennials and the Gen Zs in terms of knowledge of their mother's tongue; children are taught their local language by the same elders so that they are well equipped in matters concerning their culture," maintains Kitur Further, one of the main purposes of the library is to provide literacy through books.
