Angeline’s Story: Think of forever
When she sat down, Angeline smoothed out her white skirt before leaning back, stretching her arms out wide across the back of the couch. The chatter of the other women seemed to wash over as she sat...
View ArticleFrancesca’s Story: I want you to tell the donors…
Francesca sat quietly as the rest of the women reacquainted themselves, folding her hands over her bright pink skirt and interjecting occasionally in Luo. Francesca, Margaret and Angeline! Margaret...
View ArticleMargaret’s Story: Soon there will be water near everybody!
She came in like a storm, dragging a motobike driver behind her. Before I knew it she was off, talking in rapid fire Luo to Pamela and my translator for the day, Perpetua. She plopped down on the...
View ArticleWorld Water Whirlwind Week Wrap-up!
Whew! Last week as a whirlwind! Between World Water Day, the fundraiser, and getting to the finishing stages of the water tower extension I hardly had time to think! The World Water Day fundraiser...
View ArticleSo you want to work in a developing country.
Well that was an unexpected week off of blogging! I have to say the last week and a half has certainly been a thorough introduction to the risks and pitfalls of living and working in a developing...
View ArticleHow many Kenyans does it take to raise a water tank?
Ten, as it turns out, as long as they’re “well-fed men” (the plumber’s words, not mine!). With no cranes available in this part of Kenya, water tanks are raised by ropes and manpower. When they...
View ArticleThe home stretch… mired in the long rains.
Seven days. Just seven days until I fly home. When did that happen? The last three months somehow almost crawled and sped by, reminding me more of the matatus that speed through stretches of road only...
View ArticleKwaheri Kenya
I really should know better than to ask what else could go wrong. This is actually a pretty good depiction of how I have been feeling for the last week. I know the stereotype… the protagonist in a...
View ArticleWait, what did you strap to your motobike?
It has been two weeks since I landed on American soil, a statement I still have a hard time believing when I hear it coming out of my mouth. Two weeks, half a month since I left Kenya and a whole host...
View ArticleWhat was your most inspiring moment in Kenya?
A couple days ago I spoke with a woman in a coffee shop about my trip to Kenya and the water project. She asked me what my most inspiring moment was. It wasn’t something I had thought about before,...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....