Mentoring,Training and Confidence
The Job Interview My first job interview was not very noteworthy. Our neighbor across the street asked my mother whether I would be interested in babysitting for her two little boys. The “interview” took all of two minutes and included questions like “Do you know how to make a peanut butter and jam sandwich?”, and […]
Dear friends
Dear friends, Every year I begin our Annual Appeal with these words, and every year I have the pleasure of crossing off “friends” and personalizing each letter that goes out to our supporters. The rest of the letter describes our programs and gives a short report of what has happened in the past 12 months. […]
The Miruya Primary School Challenge
The School This past June I wrote about the Miruya Primary School in western Kenya where children were in attendance, but there were no teachers. Since then, William Aludo, EC’s Kenyan Program Coordinator, has told us about the hardships these children face on a regular basis. As many as 112 children are on the rolls […]
An open door in India!
An Open Door This past July, a door opened for Everyone’s Child and 12 Indian boys in grades 1 – 8 from India. Earlier in the year, Lee and Praveena Ruud of Abundant Life Care, based in Hyderabad, India solicited our help. They wanted to start a program designed to help children with their studies […]
Crunch Time
It’s August, and the students all over Kenya are taking a break from their studies. They call it a “holiday”, which is apt, since it will be “crunch time” once they return to school. At that point there will be three more months of the school year to test their mettle. For now they are […]
Educate, Connect and Care: EC’s Mission
EC’s Mission When EC was established in 2009, our goal was to educate where there were no schools, connect where there was isolation, and care where there was great need. We took over an orphan feeding program that had been established through Kids in Kenya, an offshoot of CCO Ministries in Moretown, Vermont. […]
Nakuru to Migori County, Kenya
The drive from Nakuru to Migori County in Kenya takes about five hours by matatu. The rains had not yet come to Nakuru in April, evidenced by the billowing clouds of dust that appeared anytime a gust of wind blew across the hardened, cracked fields. Early Friday morning, two days after arriving in Kenya, my […]
an American woman in Kenya
One Week Ago in Kenya I had the privilege of talking to a group of men, women and children who were sitting in a classroom-turned-church service in Lanet Umoja, a village just outside of Nakuru, Kenya. I was telling them about Heidi Keyworth Albanese, or Sr. Eurosia (Roro) as she is lovingly remembered by her […]
TO DO Lists – Preparation the American Way
TO DO Lists: Packing lists – check. Travel itinerary – check. Meeting schedule – check. Menu for the boys (& dog & fish) – check. Dr. appointments – check. “Honey-do” lists – check. Preparation: The lists are multiplying. They tend to appear whenever I go somewhere – whether to the grocery store or across the […]
Problem vs. Opportunity
The Problem This year, for the first time in EC’s history we are stepping outside of Nakuru to offer support to secondary students in a different region of this beautiful country. To say that we’re excited is an understatement. Last year, William Aludo, EC’s Program Coordinator, or “boots on the ground” as we like […]