A VISIT TO HANNAH'S BOMA

While we were staying at Josephine's place in Ilngarooj, we took a day to visit at Hannah's home. It was about a 30 minute walk through the bush toward the Ngong Hills.

(Ngong Hills in background)

Hannah had prepared a meal for us in her hut. She was proud to show us the home she was building that was nearly complete.

walking back to Josephine's home with their Lululemon bags

PREPARATIONS FOR KENYA

My husband Jon and I are in the last week or preparations for our trip to visit our Maasai friends. This year we will be there from November 27th until December 18th. Then we'll head to England to be with our daughter's family and our son for Christmas.

The MWEEP Kenya women have set a great schedule for us so that we can meet with many girls, parents, MWEEP women, village chiefs and other organizations.

We will be trying to have blog entries as we go, so please check back to see what is happening during our time there.

Jon will also be spending some time with education about the watershed in conjunction with SIMOO.

The photo is of Rosemary Sakuda, MWEEP chairlady, her pre-school students, Jon and Loanna Day with their daughter and grandsons.

MAY EVENT

YOU'RE INVITED

This event is an opportunity to learn about MWEEP and also to hear updates on what board members have seen and done in Kenya in 2009. There will be a report from Loanna Day/Founder on her annual trip to Kenya in December. This will include an update on the girls we are helping with school fees (83 total since 2007) and the Solar Cooker class offered to the women. You will also hear from Barb Stark, another board member and friend Diana Zegers who visited the MWEEP women and girls in October 2009.

There are also some new developments in 2010. The MWEEP women hosted a workshop for the girls in April (Dr. Koi Tirima, Methodist Univeristy Nairobi, Kenya). All the MWEEP sponsored girls received a book and for 4 of them is was the first book they had ever owned.

The women had a training with Solidarity for Advancement of Women's Agenda (SAWA).

We look forward to seeing you there.