This archive report was first published on 17 September 2019.
Kenyan teacher Peter Tabichi, who won the 2019 Global Teacher Prize, met US President Donald Trump at the White House in September 2019.
Tabichi, a maths and physics teacher at Keriko Mixed Day Secondary School in Nakuru county, was in the US to address the 74th session of the UN General Assembly in New York.
White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham hailed Tabichi as a true hardworking man dedicated to his profession, saying, "His dedication, hard work, and belief in his student’s talent has led his poorly resourced school in Kenya to emerge victorious after taking on the country’s best schools in national science competitions. Peter, you inspire us all! Thank you for your commitment to your students,"
Tabichi, a member of the St Franciscan Friars, a religious order founded by St Francis of Assisi in the 13th century, was awarded $1 million (KSh 100 million) in March 2019 for his charitable work.
Two students taught by Tabichi, Esther Amimo Anyanzwa and Salome Njeri, were crowned winners in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal Award in May, winning a prize of $2,000 (Sh200,000) for developing a device for visually impaired and deaf learners to measure length.
