Maasailand

Greetings from Kenya!! Arrived from Cairo at about 5AM. Exhausted, but happy to be here. We are staying at the Methodist House and Conference Center, a very welcoming and friendly place. Today we are taking it easy, but tomorrow Beth and I and the rest of the volunteers with the American Friends of Kenya (AFK), www.afkinc.org, head off bright and early to the town of Kajiado in the area of Maasailand. The drive there over extremely rough terrain will take about 3 hours.

Maasailand is a very poor, arid, and famine-ravaged area. The people there live much as their ancestors did. We are bringing maize and other food for the people as well as vitamins. The medical team will be screening people for diabetes, hypertension, and vision problems, will provide children with basic physicals and do prenatal checkups for women. The team will be working with no electricity or running water and at best, they may conduct their activities in a dirt floor shelter. Not sure yet what I will be doing.