It is an anathema to me that articles are still running in the Nation over the KPCE exams. (National Exams to get into secondary school).Today’s article featured the school that did the worst. In the description the author talks about the “usual things in the school like cement floors and electricity”.While I did finish the [...]
From time to time people ask me about the schools in Kenya. They wonder mostly about things like computers and assume that because the schools we work in are so poor the kids probably don’t learn much. Nothing could be farther from the truth. I, frankly, find that the kids know more in more languages [...]
14 November 2011 Now I remember Last night we didn’t get settled until 6P. And it was the first time I could pee all day. Ah yes, I remember, no peeing until 6PM. You see there are no restaurants or gas stations on the road to Kisumu so there are no public restrooms, so there [...]
There are many who bemoan the high cost of gasoline (what we call it here in the US), however we don’t risk our lives for it. That is not so in Africa. Today my sadness continues as I learned that more were killed in a fire in Busia. This one is really close to home, [...]
Today I ache and feel drenched in both sorrow and gratitude. Most of you cannot imagine the slums of Nairobi, nor probably of any 3rd world country. The slums are festering holes of people and garbage and infection and unfortunately no protection. Yesterday fire broke out in/ As has happened in the past, petrol was [...]
Harambee is fast upon us. So many dedicated people working so hard to make it possible for what we do in Kenya. However, today’s post is an effort to raise awareness of why North Africa is exploding and why all of Africa may explode soon. A very insightful op-ed piece in the Nation took my [...]
Despite laws that ban female circumcision, the tradition still is carried on. Tragically what may stop the mutilation is not that it is in-humane, but that it costs too much.
Big names, giving lots of money to big projects in Africa do not mean that the children are benefiting. That’s usually because the money is to be a monument to the star including Oprah
A Non-Profit that works as a Family. And their fundraiser becomes a Family Reunion.
Women’s health in rural Kenya needs determination, ingenuity and Ebay. How we solved the problems of an exam with the help of Ebay and an obsessed internet shopper.
One Village operates on a very small budget and 100% of all donations go directly to helping the villages we serve. Even the smallest donation can have a large impact!
