Dad Is Destiny
Dad plays a big role in the life of a child. It is amazing what a father says or doesn’t say, what a he does or doesn’tb do and how it can give someone a life time assignment. This is [...]
Archive for the "kenya" Category
Are women given equal opportunities as men
Have you ever wondered why most women go to school but end up having nothing to be proud of after many years of schooling. Do you also wonder why many young women want to be married just after high school [...]
Early sexual maturation
After the post-election of 2007, families were displaced, children were left orphans and women left widows. This has been long since these people they have been living in the internal refugee camps. Sharing the same house made of polythene makes [...]
We need mass mobilization
I have just finished a chapter on democracy in the book African Renaissance: Roadmaps to the Challenge of Globalization by Professor Fantu Cheru. Though this book was published in 2002 and does not consider many of the changes that have [...]
You, yes you: Help girls blog and tweet!
Happy new year! Hope your start to the new year has been as great as ours, which has been complete with fabulous volunteers from Wharton and Middlebury and a new grant: This week we join The Girl Effect by bringing [...]
Renewing My Visa
Walk in to the immigration office. “No not that door mzungu! Go around to the back of the building, mbele mbele.” “Ok, sawa, pole,” I mean what else do you say to a guard with an automatic rifle. Anyway, I [...]
My Year
It has been an amazing year with so many good things happening at work and at home. At home I have been able to make a shift from the house I have been living in to a different one. I [...]
Life Around December Holidays
December has always been associated with Christians, and the day Jesus was born. Most people get time off from work for a few days, and this country experiences the greatest mass exodus of people travelling upcountry to join their beloved [...]
Sex workers are mommies too
Are you defined by your job? Sure, your spouse might say you are married to your work, and may have considered filing a missing person’s report because you’re on the job all the time. But: is your job what defines [...]
I’m an alien, not an expat!
I bought a one-way ticket to Kenya from New York in 2001 at age 23 and have remained here since. This was a weird thing to do. Even more weird was my perspective on living in Kenya. Like Jesus, I [...]
