First day in Kenya

Jambo,

That is the “hello, how you doing” greeting here. Nairobi is chilly and overcast-coats and sweaters and scarves definitely necessary! They tell me it is like this most of the year, which I had heard before but didn't believe it.

Staying at a bible society guest house with my own room that has a tv, bathroom, water heater (kind of), and mosquito net hanging over the bed like a canopy. The food has been pretty tasty; crepes for bfast and beans with sausage, and rice and meat and veggies for dinner.

Went to a village outside Nairobi today for a grassroots meeting with locals leaders about women getting displaced from the land they live on when their husbands die (which creates a lot of poverty and orphans)-this is one of the projects of one of the coordinating groups of the conference. The language they speak sounds awesome! They live amongst the tea and coffee plantations which are huge; Kenya is a large exporter of tea and coffee. It was cloudy and cold and quite beautiful.

Tomorrow we will do some planning and shop for some materials to build the mold for the water filter.

Until next time, I am off to bed.

With love from Kenya,

Mariah