Day 6: The Kenya Country

After our visits to the slums for the last few days, I realized that the poor and unhealthy issues that face the city population are matched by an equal need in rural areas. Aids is a high risk. Job training and job creation is tough. The perception that the city will provide more opportunity is false. Clean water is hard to get. Family sexual abuse is big and there are many elderly and orphan needs.

We traveled out to the beautiful countryside of Kenya. By the time we were 3 hours outside of the city, the rain had made the scenery green and movie like. It was a nice break from the 4 days of the slums.
As we reached our destination, jungle and mountains surrounded us. It was truly beautiful. We had interviews to do with some of the main LIA leaders in the rural communities. The stories they told of HIV orphans, abuse, etc. was a sobering contrast to the setting in which we were standing.

After the interviews we went to a local hostile that was a sleeping experience. 80+ degrees in the room and some sweet mosquito netting; we were in Malaria country. Tomorrow off to some remote communities.