This has been a busy time here in Nairobi at Ngong Road Children’s Foundation.

The camp was once more an exciting time as usual. The volunteers from the U.S. were awesome since each of them had work to do during Camp. Margaret and Karen helped to make kites; Megan did a role model essay. Ethan taught Frisbees which is a new game for Kenya and Katelyn did a science project about volcanoes. We had two NRCF board members who were also able to attend and participate together with the children, Robert and Edna.

Tunda is 29 years old and from a polygamous Maasai family with three wives.  She has fourteen brothers and sisters in total. She grew up in a small village in the Maasai area called Enaibelibel in the midst of the rich, beautiful, and sometimes cruel and biased cultural practices of the Maasai community.  Being born female made her very vulnerable compared to a male child. Today she is one of the few women from the Maasai community who was never circumcised and escaped being married off at a young age.

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Rippleside third graders, members of an American Girl Reading Club, were inspired by books from the Addy series and decided to make a difference for Kenyan students. After reading the true story of Addy Walker, a black girl born into slavery, the four, Teagan Piecek and Kayli Bill, along with Teagan’s mom Jen and Rippleside teacher Kayla Hinkemeyer, wanted to do something culturally-based to expose others to the needs of people in other parts of the world.  Read More:http://www.messagemedia.co/aitkin/article_c7ab6dee-9330-11e3-8f59-0017a4…