Bellingham women break new ground with Kenyan school

Two Bellingham friends are making waves in the educational system of Kenya.

Several years ago, Jeana King and Debra Akre organized a free high school in a dirt-poor area east of Nairobi, the capital. Last March, the school celebrated its first graduating class of 27 students, 18 of whom qualified for university entrance.

Overall, the school scored high against others in its region, with far fewer dropouts, pregnancies and cases of AIDS.