Report from Kenya

It has been a very busy few days in Kenya.  Having arrived late this past Tuesday evening, there has been little opportunity to be concerned about the jet lag that my body is experiencing.  This Saturday, September 22nd, I will be traveling to visit ACI’s Maasai Community Development project near Namanga, Kenya.  I will be joined by board members of our Kenyan partner, Kijiji Ya Sanaa Trust.  We will be meeting with the village leadership, teachers and children attending Billibo Community School, and neighboring village representatives.  The purpose of this trip is that of an accountability review of the entire project, which includes the school, reforestation element, project property development, and the community’s sustainability efforts.  Additionally, I will be sharing pictures of the CAPS education container that was recently completed, and make plans with the trust & community leaders for the shipment of the CAPS education container in late 2013.

Although funding was offered by Kenya’s ambassador to the UN for my travel to Bungoma, Kenya to explore potential ACI involvement in the completion of a secondary school for handicapped children, plans have changed.  Due to my very tight meeting schedule this coming week, representatives of the school have agreed to travel to Nairobi to meet with me on Tuesday, September 25th.  This is a great first step in the potential ACI partnership with the school and local community in this border town of Kenya & Uganda. 

I will write more upon my Saturday trip, but until then remember to make a positive difference in your part of the world.

Blesssings,

David L. Neely