When I was leading my second Global Angels trip to the Tsavo Project in Kenya, I was on one of the most exciting ventures I have been on. As we turned on the taps for the first time, the wild expressions of joy and gratitude shown on the women’s faces moved me to tears and the women began dancing , laughing and singing.
Easier access to safe drinking water for their families and a shorter distance to walk carrying their water containers home, is just the beginning for these families. The need is so great. Here the poverty level is so great that women and children walk 10-15 kms every day just to collect water to drink.
When the community centre is completed we are committed to helping the women and families in this community develop small businesses so they can become more sustainable. Although the women now have the first taps providing access to drinking water, they are still without direct access to water for their crops and household duties and basic cleanliness.Â
My travel companions were a team of business people, Robin Fischette ( a new US Global Angels Board member; Executive Chairman of her company, Go West Creative, and also one of our long term Corporate Angel Partners), Rhylie Weir (Global Marketing Director of CPhI – a new Corporate Angel), Stuart Brown (CEO and Film Maker, ITF Media) and Del Nadjafi (Camerman, ITF Media). We work closely with Camps International in this project, and Simon Englefield, Camp’s African Director, hosted our trip and manages the work on the ground.
We were running an emergency school feeding programme at the Sesenyi school after realising the children were suffering from malnutrition and some from near starvation. The numbers of the children in the school had increased as families began to send their children to school to get fed a healthy meal. The school is one of the best in the area for educating the children we are thrilled to see the children beginning to thrive and concentrate in their classes. Education gives hope to these children and their parents that they may break the cycle of poverty for their generation.
Love, Molly x