UAE: Kenyan nursing award winner opens school with prize money

UAE: Kenyan nursing award winner opens school with prize money

Anna Qabale Duba who won $250,000 at the Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award also has ambitions to open a hospital in her hometown

Anna Qabale Duba with adult learners at school

Published: Sat 18 Feb 2023, 6:52 PM

Less than a year after winning one of the nursing industry’s top awards, Kenyan national Anna Qabale Duba has opened the doors to a new school building which will educate over 200 children and adults in her village.

Duba, who won the grand prize worth of $250,000 at the Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award in May 2022, hails from the remote village of Turbi which still remains disconnected from electricity. Due to this, the school building will be predominantly run on solar energy.

“I have installed solar panels in the classroom,” she said. “This means even students from the nearby areas can come there and use the classrooms as a study hall in the evening. The school will also have an administrative block which has a space where teachers can take a break or have lunch.”

With classes from pre-primary to Grade 4, Duba hopes to expand the school to educate children until Grade 6 over the next few years.

Passion for education

This school marks the fruition of dreams