Category: Blog
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Hey Mom and Dad, I’m in the NY Times!
If you ask New York Times readers “what’s your favorite section?” you’ll probably hear a lot of people say Travel, or Style, or even those wacky Vows features. But my go-to is always Real Estate. I love The Hunt and the Q&As about over-the-top co-op boards, creepy supers and sixth floor walk ups. Then again,…
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We’re having a party
My Kenya trip friends and I are hosting an event on Friday, August 8 to raise funds for the Maywood Rotary Kenya Project Scholarship Fund. Our experiences on the trip inspired us to want to help more Maasai children, particularly girls, attend high school in order to give them more opportunities in life. Email for…
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Day 3 at Nkenijii School
Day 1 and Day 2 stories I started my third day at Nkenijii Primary School in a new way: I spent part of the morning photographing medical procedures in the makeshift clinic. Hand and head washing stations Two repeat volunteers in our group, Cathy and Maureen, are nurses. Each year they take over a classroom…
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The Kenya Schedule – Part Three
Part 1 and Part 2, for your reading enjoyment. By now, you have a sense of how we spent our school days. Because they ended around noon (except on Friday), after an hour’s drive back to camp, we generally had free time for optional activities. Tuesday, July 15 The first optional activity was a night…
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Things you think about when lost in Maasai Mara
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The Kenya Schedule – Part Two
Part One here. Monday, July 14 At 6 am, we got our wake-up call. At Siana Springs Tent Camp, that consists of a man standing outside your tent saying “Jambo!” (hello in Kiswahili) until you respond in kind. I found myself waking up strangely early – for me – so I was usually…
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Day 1 at Nkenijii School
Meeting the kids on Day 1 (Monday, July 14) was like a scene in a movie. Upon arrival, our vans were greeted by several hundred Maasai kids ranging in age from three to approximately seventeen, most of them wearing purple school sweaters and singing welcome songs. Welcome jenniferlkeene’s video on Instagram After a brief assembly,…
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