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#1 – Off For Summer Number 14

June 17, 2018 by Alison Staab Leave a Comment

I’m sitting at SFO, waiting to board my KLM flight.  Vineet, a wonderful new friend of Kenya Help, found me a much cheaper flight than what I would have paid Emirates.  So this year no Dubai.  Instead, I pass through Amsterdam.  As usual, my son, Mark, picked me promptly and whizzed me off.  The young […]

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# 25 Sitting in the Nairobi Airport,

August 22, 2017 by Alison Staab Leave a Comment

I wouldn’t be sitting here if I hadn’t finished the packing.  Fr. Kiriti had wanted to leave Naivasha at 2 pm and it was exactly 2 pm when I tearfully said good-bye to Hillary, Margaret, Josephat and Cyrus.  It has always been hard to leave, but this time, all I could think of was, “Is […]

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# 24 Leave Taking

August 21, 2017 by Alison Staab Leave a Comment

Sunday night and I leave tomorrow, flying out of Nairobi at 11 pm.  I arrive Dubai 5 hours later, have an eternal layover (4 ½ hours), leave Dubai 9:10 am arrive SFO 16 (!!!) hours later.  Yes I will definitely be jet lagged, but culture shock is always the worst part.  I realized a few […]

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# 23 ½ Catherine’s New Info About Baby Betsy

August 16, 2017 by Alison Staab Leave a Comment

This is essentially what Catherine wrote to me.  I will add a few explanatory words in parentheses, but these are her words. Thanks very much Margo for sharing this story. It is still taking a big toll on my thoughts and am not able to focus much on other stuff until we have resolved this […]

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# 23 How Is the Tuitioning Going?

August 15, 2017 by Alison Staab Leave a Comment

We’ve been meeting 9 am to 1 pm for most of 2 weeks, with one day off for the election.  Each day brings a different configuration of students to be taught and volunteers to teach them.  Many of the students are sponsored by my dear friend, Mary Fry, and her Bloom Where Planted foundation, based […]

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# 22 Mji Wa Neema Reunion

August 13, 2017 by Alison Staab Leave a Comment

Hard-working men prepare the fire.  Wekesa, Patrick, Josephat, Antony, Evans, Joseph. Soon after, charcoal was added to make coals on which they roasted the sheep.  In the meantime Antony, one of the founders of Mji, held forth, man-to-man.  The boys were not just respectful, but very appreciative of the advice they gave him.  Without Fr. […]

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# 21 Party Preparation and Margo Gets Conned (Almost)

August 12, 2017 by Alison Staab Leave a Comment

Tomorrow (Saturday) is our big Mji Wa Neema reunion, which Margaret and I have been planning for several weeks.  You may recall I bought a goat several weeks ago, only to discover he was a sheep.  ARGH!  The kids didn’t care.  I was the only one and that was because a goat will eat garbage […]

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# 20 The Political Situation in Kenya

August 8, 2017 by Alison Staab Leave a Comment

August 7, 2017 I haven’t written much about the Kenyan election and possible violence because I didn’t want to alarm my readers.  I knew there are articles in the US press about it.  In fact someone sent me one such from the SJMN with the suggestion that perhaps I should come home early.  I knew […]

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# 19 A Weather Report and An Historic Meeting

August 7, 2017 by Alison Staab Leave a Comment

It’s 5 pm Sunday afternoon.  I’m ensconced on my bed, my usual writing site, with rolling thunder sounding through my window.  It began to rain, but seems to have stopped for the moment.  That’s an important issue because washing is done by hand here and the clothes hung to dry.  You’d think there would be […]

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Our vision is an educated society. Our mission is to educate and train Kenyan women, children and youth, by providing resources and support.  A primary focus is scholarships for students at the secondary and post-secondary levels who need financial support. Many scholarship students attend St. Francis Xavier Secondary School for Girls in Naivasha, Kenya, the school built with Kenya Help funds. Read More »

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