Archive for February, 2009
New Video!
Check out this great new video made by Jabiz Raisdana from his recent trip to Kenya in December 2008, just a few months before the campus finally was restored to life with students. Great video Jabiz, thanks for being there and making it and showcasing the campus!
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Feb 28th, 2009
Save the Date
The Daraja Club at the Woodside Priory School encourages you to Save the Date!
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Feb 22nd, 2009
… and then the MAGIC happens, AGAIN!!!
I wrapped up the previous blog entry, which briefly described our search for the Kenyan girls who best fit the Daraja mold by saying; “tomorrow we will head north to Isiolo and look for more potential students.” We did head north, we did look for more potential students and speaking only for myself, my soul is now different.
Peter Wathitu, Andy Harley, Jenni and I left for Isiolo early in the morning. Isiolo literally is the town that is known as the gateway to the region of Kenya called the “Northern Frontier.” Much like the frontier of the American Old West there are cattle raids, land disputes, skirmishes over water rights and huge herds of buffalo. Unlike the American Old West there are camel caravans and leopards, the buffalo are if the tough, African variety and the warriors aren’t from the Sioux but the Samburu tribe. (Please note that the portions of the Northern Frontier that are this rugged are FAR from the Daraja Academy campus, so we do not experience its drama. However, some of the girls we intend to serve reside there and do.)
To the average passer through, Isiolo is an extremely dry town, when compared to the other towns in Northern Kenya; it is a lush Garden of Eden. There are cities in the northern part of the country that receive less than 10 inches of rain per year. One of these received a total of .5 inches during the 3-year span of La Nina (just after El Nino.),
We drove past the town mosque just as mid day prayers commenced, which was an amazing site. It was Friday, the Muslim holy day and the mosque and adjoining courtyards were so full that worshipers actually knelt on the walls of the courtyard praying as the imam read from the Koran. Read the rest of this entry »
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