Allie took a photo of me, carrying the mighty hill! After almost a month, today
the hill has graced us with it's appearance - breath-taking. |
The high hill, Kilimanjaro, revealing itself! Top-right:The hill called Meru (14,900 ft) sun-set! The moon as I saw it on July 17th at about 8:30pm. |
Allie - giving me a tour of Siha Secondary School. She is showing me the newly built resource center. The school supplies from the Siha Container project will be here! |
Allie, Joel & Mark. We were at Bomang'ombe and had nyama-choma & some drinks. |
I have been having fun and enjoying my trip home. I have
also have seen and heard many problems from relatives and
people in the community at large. I will outline a few here
- but many similar cases are everywhere. In my 2nd & 3rd
week home, I sobbed with mixed feeling of sadness and helplessness
for some situations that I was told. I have more info, for
anyone interested.
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Maruda, aka David, has some sort of elephantiasis! He has
3 girls who are attending secondary school and is struggling
to pay $110 /year /child fee. He can't work and walks everywhere
to request assistance. He told me he wishes he could buy a
bike so he can rest his leg a little. (bike costs about $80).
More on this
lymphatic disorder condition! |
Maruda & I, in my parents back yard. |
My aunt, mama Clara, and Clara. In Arusha, Tanzania. I was
visiting with them for the afternoon. Due to the draught and
coffee price drop, they are having a hardtime getting her
grand-children to good kindergaten & 1st grade. Fees vary
between $150-250 /year per child. |
Beautiful kids, who are ready for Kindergaten and a year later
1st grade. |
Dayne! She is my uncle's daughter. She is in form 3 (equivalet
to sophomore - highshool) and had missed school the past 4
months. She complained of head & body-aches and weakeness.
We sent her to a private hospital and was found to have Malaria
& typhoid. She was treated and appeared to not respond
to treatment. Her eye-sight is also failing. Her dad was not
able to pay the cost of early diagnosis and treatment. |
Meet Naomi. She is a young maasai girl, who has run from her
village. The maasai community she comes in, insists of the
old, dangerous and deadly tradition of female-organ circumcision.
When her father refused to have her girl under-go such a custom,
some community members raided there home at night vowing to
kill her father. The night they came, Naomi's father was away
and they beat her demanding info on his whereabout. The group
later burned their house to ground as warning to other parents
who would refuse those deadly traditions. World vision now
pays for her to learn sewing skills at Lawate
Umoja women's group. and she sometimes stays with my parents
to help with home chores. More info from UN
about these practices that unfortunately still happens
to other people in our world. |
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