Trip to Maseno University

Here I am posting some pics from Maseno University where I participated in an I Choose Life program on the weekend. You will see the differences! The neat thing about the University is that it is right on the Equator – Zero Degrees – the Equator runs right through campus. I hope to be partaking in more of these activities over the month. The organization, who mainly works at the moment with the universities, is hoping to spread the program into high schools in the very near future. Nyamasaria school, where I will be working, is one of their target schools. HIV is still a major problem here in Kenya though my hosts and the students I spoke to said the tide is starting to turn. One student told me that in addition to people being educated in how it is transmitted, they are starting to change their view on women – ie. They are getting better educated The city has several orphanages where street boys live – my hosts explained to me that these kids are often just abandoned, left in dumpters, or have had parents die from AIDS. There is an organization here called TEMPKA or TEMKA – sorry, can’t remember the acronym – helping young female teenagers who get pregnant. The girls are shown how to create crafts, they weave their own cloth and make wonderful clothes, wood carvings – and they get sold in booths around the city with the money going to help them – I am planning to visit some of these booths.