Environment which stimulates learning.

Let's put aside teaching resources and just compare based on the immediate learning environment, between this:

And this...

As discovered by research, learning is accelerated, optimised and inspired by nuture as much as 'nature' which in this case, I'm referring to the immediate surrounding that envelopes a group of learners. Creativity in learning provides much more that regurgitating data and facts because it's a soft skill that will prove to be immensely useful in any situations which require problem solving in later life. And the 'environment' has everything to do with that.

Poverty will always be there in some unfortunate countries and no matter how much funding is pumped into these nations, there are 'unforseen' barricades which have always been (and will always be) a point of debate on how exactly the funds are used. The right thing to do (and perhaps I believe, a more effective one), is to cultivate change from within these poverty area by instilling a sense of inspiration in the young. Again and again, I need to remind myself that (as shown on the first photo), these Kenyan students might be poor but they are not miserable. That's a very commonly mistaken perception made by a lot of people. Hence, they provide the less effective solution to the actual problem. However, having said that, who wouldn't do better with more grain? More water? More money? But is that sustainable? How long can we 'help' them? Don't mind the cliche, but really, this is the one time where we need to teach them how to fish. What if 'environment' can really inspire these kids to question more, work harder, search for more by themselves? What if by merely redecorating the classrooms, it motivates kids to attend school and sets upon them a new benchmark of quality of life that will inspire them to better their own? What if we only need a few posters? Or new colours? What if environment could be the first step to this 'change'?