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The teacher who gives his pay to the poor
56 minutes Posted Jan 17, 2020 at 12:02 pm.
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Peter Tabichi is a science teacher and Franciscan Brother who gives away 80% of his monthly income to help the poor. Thanks to Peter's dedication, hard work and passionate belief in his students, his poorly-resourced school in remote rural Kenya is now winning national and international science competitions.
Peter was awarded the 2019 Global Teacher Prize, a $US1 million award from the Varkey Foundation to a teacher who has made an outstanding contribution to the profession.
Peter teaches at Keriko Mixed Day Secondary School in Pwani Village, situated in a remote, semi-arid part of Kenya’s Rift Valley. Here, students from a host of diverse cultures and religions learn in poorly equipped classrooms.
Peter's lecture begins at the
The Global Teacher Prize lecture was recorded at the UCL Institute of Education on 30 September 2019. More information: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2019/sep/evening-peter-tabichi-winner-2019-global-teacher-prize
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