Africa
Sanyang Family Fundraiser Year 3
Third and Final Year of Fundraising – Sanyang Family Fundraiser DONATE NOW It’s finally here! I am pleased to announce the beginning of fundraising for our third and final year of this project. It has been a very successful year! My sincere apologies for lack of updates throughout the year, I find it difficult these…
Read MoreWedding Traditions among the Agĩkũyũ People of Kenya
Wedding Traditions among the Agĩkũyũ People of Kenya by Alex Bliss About Alex The Agĩkũyũ people speak the Bantu language and form the largest ethnic group in Kenya. They are also known as Nyumba ya Mumbi which means The House of the Potter. The Agĩkũyũ inhabit five counties almost exclusively, namely: Kiambu, Nyeri, Nyandarua, Murang’a, and Kirinyaga.…
Read MoreThe Struggles of African Women
The Struggles of African Women by Alex Bliss About Alex Every time I find myself on a bus next to a woman with bunches of unripe bananas and a basket of cereal in Nairobi, I remember my mama. Indeed I remember all women back in Kangaita, the village where I was raised. I recall their…
Read MoreStandoff at Kenya Music Festival
Standoff at Kenya Music Festival by Alex Bliss About Alex Now, here we Kenyans are in the 21st century, still wrestling with issues of who is better than the other – who gets to dominate who in the pecking order. This is not just a challenge. It is a bug. A pebble in the shoe of…
Read MoreDrought in Kenya
Drought in Kenya by Alex Bliss About Alex When I visited Mama in the village of Kangaita on my return home from a visit to Nairobi, the weather that greeted me in Nanyuki town was arid and suffocating. I had to squint my eyes as billows rose into the air around me. It was no different…
Read MoreThe Sanyang Family – Gambia, West Africa
The Sanyang Family – Gambia, West Africa ***2017-2018 School Year (Fundraising IN Progress NOW AT GoFundMe) SKIP TO LAST YEAR’s RESULTS! They say that service to others goes hand in hand with spiritual development, and that it helps raise your own vibration. Sometimes we go in search of these opportunities to help others…sometimes they find…
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