Posted on December 21st, 2008 by Nancy
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The Christmas Story in Kenya
Miracles Take Many Forms
Last month, I traveled to a rural community in the West Pokot district of Kenya, to visit a Church World Service program. In 2005, CWS partnered with Yang’at, a community based organization in Pokot, to build a sand dam with the local people. What I learned from my visit is that water transforms lives. While in Pokot, two community [...]
Posted on December 21st, 2008 by Nancy
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Angels with a Message of Hope
Similar to the experience of the elder in Pokot, my mind was also expanded to see “what things women can do” when I met Caroline and Magdalene. Caroline Menach, in addition to teaching secondary school, is a founding member and the vice chair of the board of Yang’at Girl Child Potential and Sensitization Group. While [...]
Posted on December 21st, 2008 by Nancy
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Plenty of Room in the Inn
Church World Service works alongside the Maasai community in the Narok District. The Maasai people are easy to identify as they are usually clad in colorful attire and adorned with lots of beaded jewelry. The community we visited in Narok started functional literacy classes to prepare themselves to run small businesses. Once the community completes [...]
Posted on December 21st, 2008 by Nancy
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“Glory to God in the Highest”
I just returned from Maputo, Mozambique where I attended the 9th Assembly of the All Africa Conference of Churches (http://www.aacc-ceta.org/en/ninth-assembly/home.htm). It was an intense couple of days in which my organization (Fellowship of Christian Councils and Churches in the Great Lakes and Horn of Africa) hosted workshops on human rights. Church leaders from every country in [...]
Posted on December 21st, 2008 by Shelvis
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Merry Christmas to All and to All a Good Night!
We miss all of you, our friends and family, this holiday season, and we recognize that Christmas is quite a different experience in Kenya. There are not many Christmas lights hanging on houses in Nairobi, and decorated trees are few and far between. Our homes in the US, filled with traditions and memories, are an incredible [...]
Posted on December 21st, 2008 by Nancy
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