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Kenya update

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kenya-2007-neil-018-8x10.jpgI am very happy to hear that the violence in Kenya has calmed down.  Here is an update from one of our primary contacts there:

Many thanks to our Lord God almighty! We have peace at last. President Kibaki and ODM leader agreed to share power and the agreement was signed in the presence of the international media and diplomats. We shall have an Executive prime minister, and two deputy prime ministers, and the ministers shall be shared 50/50.

To us this arrangement is ok as long as  we have peace in the country and the displaced peaople go back to their homes. The parliament will open next week  thursday to ratify the agreements. the two parties will work together the modalities to overhaul the current constitution in 12 months,so that it allow the position of the prime minister and others changes . The mediators are now discussing the dispute on land and resource allocation, this may take long to resolve.

Problems remain, however, as ~600,000 people are still displaced.  They need donations now more than ever.

On a personal but much smaller level, I am very disappointed that we won’t be going on a mission trip to Kenya this year.  This one was going to be extra-special because my oldest daughter was going to go with me.  There were just too many concerns to be able to make travel commitments at this time.  Oh well, something will come up!

I really feel for all the people who rely on tourism for a living, such as John who sells us carved animals and woven baskets.  I’ll also miss seeing Dennis, our World Vision sponsor child.

10 thoughts on “Kenya update”

  1. Some good news for a change. We had a group postpone a trip to Africa becauase of the problems in Kenya and the Congo.

    Now for the shameless plug (and it’s actually kind of on topic).

    I just finished a packing shift with an orginization called Feed My Starving Children, and I just have to say what an amazing thing they are doing. They package and send nutritionally balanced meals throughout the world almost entirely with volunteers. If anyone is interested the website is http://www.fmsc.org. We have packed about 200,000 meals since yesterday and are shooting for a million.

    Please forgive me, but when I see someone doing something really cool I want to let people know about it.

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  7. One Million One Hundred Ninty Thousand meals packed, with enouhj stock for another thirty thousand or so. What a great week. Thanks for letteing me share, it’s so much better talking about cool stuff.

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  10. I shudder to do the math, but there are a lot of kids who will be healthier a year from now. Even so it’s a drop in the bucket.

    Thanks

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