Africa - Kirindon, Kenya
AFRICA-2008
Can't believe our trip to my sponsored village of Kirindon, Kenya is over. SO much has happened on this adventure to experience the best days of our lives. My team included none other then my two brothers, mom, snowboarder Gabi, my man Adam, photographer Chris, and World Vision staff Dave. We had many awesome people working with us and showing us the ADP (area development projects) that my charity has helped to fund and sponsor. At the first school we went to, i got to cut the red ribbon for the new edition put on the old school, which hannahsgold.com helped to make happen. There were over 700 kids there and they welcomed us with song and dance and gifts of hand made jewlry and shalls. We brought them soccer balls, frisbees, and hackie sacks, which they loved.
After the first day, we visited 4 more schools where we saw the water sanitation projects that we have helped to fund. I got to see the difference between having clean water to drink and having dirty, disease infested water that the kids were drinking previous to their rain water catchment system and bore holes (shallow wells). I cannot express how thankful these community members and children were to have clean water. Even though they thought we were alien's (cause some had never seen a white person) they showed their smiles and gratitude after touching our arms and hair to make sure we were real:-)
The people of this town have touched my heart deeply not only because they are the kindest, most generous, and hard working friends i have ever met, but because even though they live in some of the toughest conditions, they still are happy. There is a lot of work that still needs to be done in this town of 80,000, from water sanitation, to more schools, to women rights to stop FGM (female genital mutilation) and forced early marriages, to food crises. We can help, we already have and will continue to do so. hannahsgold.com
