Archers tribe Pokot from Kenya

• Archers tribe Pokot from Kenya

Most of the Pokot tribe in Kenya, boys can not attend school due to the daily duties of grazing livestock and to protect it from thieves from neighboring Turkana tribe. 52-year-old Dina Hellen Chebitvey teaches boys from the tribe Pokot archery to direct their skills to a peaceful course. Chebitvey hopes to bring his colleague from the Turkana tribe and to create a program where children from the two rival nations will take part in competitions in archery, to acquire experience and to expand world.

A young man from the tribe Pokot shows their arrows before shooting a bow in a small village in Alale, which borders Uganda to the west and the Turkana in the north, West Pokot County, about 600 kilometers north-west of the capital Nairobi, Kenya

The young men from the tribe Pokot bird hunting with bows and arrows.

The young men from the tribe Pokot posing with bows and arrows in the church.

The shadows dancing and singing boys of the tribe with bows and arrows.

A herd of camels.

The young men from the tribe Pokot with bows and arrows, preparing to shoot a bow.

A woman from the tribe Pokot sings, and at this time a wall mounted bow and arrow that the boys brought with them to church.

A boy from the tribe Pokot aiming a bow.

Dina Hellen Chebitvey talking with people during a church service.

During the competition in archery.

A boy from the tribe prepares to graze camels near the farm.

Dina Hellen Chebitvey (left) congratulates the boy from the tribe Pokot, who had just won in archery.

from the tribe Pokot Boys Listen to your teacher Dina Hellen Chebitvey during a church service in a small village in Alale.

The young men from the tribe Pokot prepare their bows and arrows, ready to compete in shooting.

from the tribe Pokot Boys with bows and arrows herd of camels near a small village in Alale.

from the tribe Pokot Boys with bows and arrows rejoice after winning the competition.