Will you join the Lumut Kinship Project in their fight to end FGM in the Pokot Tribe by supporting them with $50 a month? Maybe you’re lucky enough that you’ve never heard of FGM? Or if you have, then maybe you’re lucky enough to feel that it’s “far away” and you’ve no reason to fear it […]
Girls in Kenya Can’t Fight This. But You Can.
Imagine if the day a beautiful baby girl was born, her potential had an expiration date. She was free to learn and grow and go to school until… the day she got her period. Yes, you read that right. It sounds ridiculous, doesn’t it? Why should your daughter, niece, sister, or cousin miss a whole […]
A Home for the Outcast
Sometimes, life gets lonely. You might feel like you don’t belong at school or work, or in the middle of a crowded room. But can you imagine the isolation of being an outcast in your family? Dismas Wekesa was this kind of outcast. The moment Dismas was born, he was fatherless and disabled. His mother […]
Revving Up for a Hard Day’s Work
What’s the worst job you can imagine? The graveyard shift… at a graveyard? Cleaning the kennel at the veterinarian? Working in a toll booth? What about hauling loads of charcoal in the hot, African sun each day? Or traveling for miles to cut down and carry loads of firewood to the market each day? Suddenly your […]
You Gave Large Gifts in Small, Fluffy Packages to a Kinship in Kenya
We all love underdog stories. The person who came from nothing, but gave their all and then ended up with something beyond their wildest dreams! We love to know this can happen because it gives us hope – hope that we can overcome and hope that we will see others overcome. You may not realize […]
