Tag: water

  • Brush your teeth !

    Sabrina, Juli and Maria have been hard at work in Eshibanze, NW Kenya, at the Canadian-born Tumaini Centre. Joined now by Canadians Ainslee and Danielle, the Health and Hygiene Program was re-started just yesterday. It instructs the children (and adults) in simple methods of washing hands before meals and after using the washrooms. Using soap,…

  • Texting water to Enkito

    “Farmers are struggling after one of the hottest and driest months recorded have left entire crops parched and failed”. This is NORTH YORKSHIRE, near Wetherby. Thousands of miles away in Enkito, Amboseli, SW Kenya, the ground is always parched. When the rains finally do arrive the ground soaks up as much as it can and…

  • Lifes essentials: tech, chocolate and water

    Lifes essentials: tech, chocolate and water

    What an amazing weekend for everyone!  Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate, bike racing at Brands and more chocolate. We also received photos from the american sponsors of the girls at Mercy Home, from their recent trip, including a tearful moment when Leo was given a new laptop to help her in her studies. She’s recently not only…

  • Sustainability = Empowerment

    What do you get when you stick volunteers into a Kenyan community school project ….. Family Fun Day !!!! I won’t reiterate Stacey’s own words but a few key words for you : Well project, HUGE success, prepared poems, baby class singing their ABC’s , frog jump race, wheelbarrow race …. and the inevitable Teachers…

  • Tis the season for giving – not wasting

    Tis the season for giving – not wasting

    I’m in conversation with the fabulously-powerful combination of good looks, intelligence and world vision; Anthony Anderson. “Living the dichotomy of the fashion world and sustainable living”, Anthony does what he says while sharing the experience of his move from “an ethical vegan diet to raw food via a desire to lose weight for his modeling…