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For some of you, this is the first time you have heard from me since I left for Kenya. I have had an incredible five months in a beautiful country that I have started to call home. I arrived in Nairobi to give what I could to The 1010 Project and the people of East Africa, but the people here and their relationships have instead been a gift to me[ READ MORE ]
Selling water would be a service to this community, an empowering business for the school, and a gift to the disenfranchised children in the area. [ READ MORE ]
Normally I try to write to & from myself on here. However, this one is for the few of you who take the time to follow me[ READ MORE ]
The late night chef takes a seat next to me & asks how I find my meal, Kenya & Eastlands (the area I am in). I lie a bit and tell him that I love all three. I offer him a smoke and we light up together. I notice two women walking down the street & suggest that it is a bit dangerous for “mamas” to be walking around this time of night. He retorts that business is good for them around this hour[ READ MORE ]
Everything here is off and on. The water comes and then it goes… …maybe for five days. After a blackout you reset your clocks just in time for the power to flicker again. On a larger scale, we are having un-seasonal rains. This is the same year that brought a drought devastating Kenyan farmers & [ READ MORE ]
I arrived in Nairobi on Sunday. This is important because I was confident that I was supposed to land on Saturday… …Next time I will pay a bit more attention to the details, especially the 10 hour layover in Amsterdam. I have been staying with the Mulwa family. They are incredibly kind & generous hosts. [ READ MORE ]
I’m sitting in what is as close to home as I get: A friends house in the woods of North Georgia a few yards away from the Bartram Trail. In the late 1700’s William Bartram set off to explore the southern colonies. He documented his travels & is known as one of the earliest naturalists [ READ MORE ]
I grew up with my mother. A young but impressive single mom with a determination to make it – both for herself & my sister and me. She taught me a strong work ethic as I watched her put herself through college while working 2nd shift as a police officer in Georgia. She and my [ READ MORE ]
Tomorrow is my last day in Kenya. It’s unfortunate that my ability to write has been limited to my second day here & now my second to last. This trip was not what I expected. There was very little magic. I had a few of those energizing moments that I normally [ READ MORE ]
26 hours later I arrived in Nairobi. A long journey; Denver-Detroit-Amsterdam-Nairobi. Small world though. I ran into familiar Colorado faces during my layover in the Netherlands! In Kenya I was greeted by Fred, 1010’s Kenyan Director, & my dear friend Mackenzie. 5 minutes after leaving the airport I spotted a herd of Zebras on the side [ READ MORE ]
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