Tragedy
It is with a heavy heart that I write this blog about a tragedy in Kenya. A message to our congregants came from the Bishop of my church yesterday, much of which is copied below. Early in the morning of July 8th a fire broke out at Holy Cross Prayer Community (the mission house in […]
Phase One completed!
Phase One of the Lanet Umoja Preschool building project has been completed! It’s incredible to think that after 20 years of waiting, praying and hard work we are finally seeing the children move into a new space. They have been praying and waiting while people on both sides of the planet have been praying and […]
Realized Dreams
I’m so excited! In fact, I’m thrilled, absolutely thrilled! Here it is, the beginning of May 2016, and dreams I have been waiting to see come to pass for years are finally being realized. I believe in the power that a photograph wields, and since we live in an age where pictures can be posted […]
Lunch for orphans
The orphan lunch program started in mid-2003. In January of that year, approximately 75 bright-eyed children wearing new or hand-me-down brown, white and black checked uniforms hurried down dirt roads and through fields to the Lord Ranjuera Primary School in Kampi Ya Moto (which translates to Camp of Fire), eager to learn and proud to […]
EC’s Spring 2016 Newsletter
Here’s the latest newsletter for EC! Check it out! EC News & Updates from Kenya
A LEG UP FOR PRESCHOOLERS
My first trip to Kenya was a mission trip. I traveled with a group of missionaries from the Community of the Crucified One based in Pittsburgh, PA in 1997. We toured the country, starting in an upscale hotel in Nairobi and winding up in pup tents in Masai Mara. Everywhere we went we saw preschool-aged […]
Water. Not enough, too much, then not enough again.
Collecting water from the river in Kampi A dusty schoolyard shows in this child’s hair Clean water at last!! The tank & rain harvesting system Water = Life ~ a garden begins. Abundant smiles from kids in Kampi The rain harvesting system Water has been an issue in Kampi Ya Moto long before I knew […]
Health Center update for Lanet Umoja
Mercy and her son Samuel Ruth shares a laugh with Mercy Mercy and her friend demonstrate how to carry a child Kenyan style These photos are from a trip I took to Kenya in 2009 when EC conducted our first set of medical clinics. The young mother is Mercy. She was from Kampi Ya Moto, […]
Ten Thousand Villages Holiday Shopping Benefit for Everyone’s Child!
Hey Vermonters! Ten Thousand Villages at 87 Church Street in Burlington is donating 15% of the proceeds of their sales from 3 – 7 PM on Thursday, December 10th to Everyone’s Child! This is a great way for you to do some gift shopping AND support what we do. We’ll have a raffle with great […]
Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP)
When I first came to Kenya in 1997, the preschool (behind the kids pictured above) was the only building on this plot of land in Lanet Umoja. The same building is still being used as a preschool today. 75 children ages 3 – 5 are enrolled here. Just across the road is Lanet Umoja Primary […]