Olmaroroi is one of the many Maasai villages close to Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya. Despite its proximity to the capital, the village is fairly isolated and under-developed. Families are crammed into small rooms in makeshift houses made of cardboard and covered by cattle dung, without running tap water or electricity. Most children need to take care of family cattle and household chores, so they take turns to go to school. There are only three teachers in the village school and the students are used to share a donated textbook since they cannot afford one.