WE DID IT! December 3, 2015 - April 3, 2016 G
Recipients of books shipped- the kids couldn't wait to get into them! Yea!
Yeaaaa!! We did it! It is exciting to be able to help schools set up their own libraries
Tea plantation Farmers also received books for their kids
Phew! Almost done! Took 2 days to unload the containers by hand- from 10am - 6pm!
Night & Famers Market- this is where we did most of our grocery shopping
Setting up the KuShona Designs sewing project in the village -sponsored by Beaverton Rotary Club
New machine- see the U-Haul box in the corner? It made it to the village!
Kathy Anderson from Washington State, talking to the Community Garden staff
I lived in my jeans and tennis shoes for 4 months. Nobody believed I had come from America!
Makayla and Kathy with some more book recipients
The community kitchen; made lunch for school heads that we had given books to. We recycled the wooden pallets that books were shipped on and made a kitchen prep table and another for the oven
L-R: Makayla, Laura & Wendi- in front of Gacii Primary School, where I grew up
The Rotary Club of Karura- We met with the president (I finally got to dress up:)
Lorna holding up one of her T-Shirt designs. To see more of her creations go to www.FeedtheVillage.org and click the tab shop. NEXT STEPS? STAY TUNED! Excitement is in the air as we move forward with plans to open our own Spice of Africa location!
