Kenyan teacher, Peter Tabichi, who won $1m prize gets new role

Peter Tabichi, a Kenyan teacher, who won a $1m prize (£760,000) after being voted the World’s Best Teacher has been appointed as a champion for children caught up in conflicts by Varkey Foundation, a global charity.

n a statement, the charity said Franciscan brother Peter Tabichi, who is a science teacher at a rural school in the east African country, will promote the cause of 75 million children globally, whose learning is cut short by conflicts and natural disasters.

By Samuel Abuya

Africa Global News Publication