Yago Bouldering

Yago is a community organization in the village of Kit Mikaye, near Lake Victoria, teaching rock climbing and bouldering in local schools as a vehicle for self-realization and growth.

Fanuel Ochieng Nyawara is a climber, carpenter, and one of the volunteer instructors at Yago. In between developing his carpentry business and attending to the family animals and crops, he generously donates his time coaching students in local schools. In the four days I spent climbing in Kit Mikaye, we explored the enormous potential of granite boulders, put up a few new climbs, and I got to hang out and watch him instruct students at Nyamboyo Primary School, one of eight schools in which they have programs.