Tag: Maasai
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The vanishing rhino
When we spotted a rhino during our safari last July, our guides made it clear that this was a special sighting. Maureen, a five-time Maywood Rotary Kenya Project volunteer (amazing and wonderful, by the way), commented that this was the first time she had seen a rhino during the group’s annual trip to the…
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Day 5 at Nkenijii School
In case you missed previous posts: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 and Day 4. Our final day at Nkenijii Primary School has been the toughest for me to write about. You can probably tell given that I’m just now posting three weeks after returning from Kenya. I felt a sense of finality as soon as I woke…
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Day 4 at Nkenijii School
Catch up here: Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3. This post doesn’t have much to do with Nkenijii but I’m keeping the title for continuity. The post recapping Day 5 will be very much about our time with the Nkenijii students. After volunteering at Nkenijii in the morning and then lunch at Siana Springs,…
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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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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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Day 2 at Nkenijii School
Read about Day 1 here. At Steven’s suggestion, he, some other students and I took a reasonably long (and messy) walk in order for them to show me their water source. I was grateful for his suggestion, frankly, because it meant that he wouldn’t ask me to play soccer, at least for a short period…
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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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New glasses, old Maasai couple
These two stopped into our makeshift clinic at Nkenijii School for glasses. Their photo is one of my favorites. Maasai elders sepia canvas print by JenniferKeene Find more Photo Canvas Prints at Zazzle
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