{"id":3323,"date":"2026-09-13T23:59:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T23:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mealmagic.delicedcook.com\/?p=3323"},"modified":"2026-09-13T23:59:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T23:59:44","slug":"the-teacher-in-the-image-is-peter-tabichi-a-kenyan-science-teacher-and-franciscan-friar-who-taught-at-a-secondary-school-in-the-rural-rift-valley-region-of-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mealmagic.delicedcook.com\/?p=3323","title":{"rendered":"The teacher in the image is Peter Tabichi, a Kenyan science teacher and Franciscan friar who taught at a secondary school in the rural Rift Valley region of Kenya."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many of his students came from poor families, and the school had limited resources, overcrowded classrooms, and very few computers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"g g-1\">\n<div class=\"g-single a-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tabichi became known for donating a large portion of his salary to help students pay for food, uniforms, school supplies, and other basic needs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"g g-2\">\n<div class=\"g-single a-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>His support allowed many children who might otherwise have dropped out to continue their education.<\/p>\n<p>Despite scarce resources, he encouraged students to pursue science and innovation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"g g-3\">\n<div class=\"g-single a-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Under his guidance, students participated in national and international competitions, often outperforming schools with far greater funding.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, he won the Global Teacher Prize, an international award created by the Varkey Foundation and often described as the world\u2019s most prestigious teaching award.<\/p>\n<div class=\"g g-4\">\n<div class=\"g-single a-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The prize included a $1 million award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of his students came from poor families, and the school had limited resources, overcrowded classrooms, and very few computers.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mealmagic.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mealmagic.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mealmagic.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mealmagic.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mealmagic.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3323"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mealmagic.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3325,"href":"https:\/\/mealmagic.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3323\/revisions\/3325"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mealmagic.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mealmagic.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mealmagic.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mealmagic.delicedcook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}