Installing and visiting one of last year's sites

Installing and Visiting

Keeping it short tonight friends; its been a long day and tomorrow is Safari day so stay tuned for wild animal pictures.

Here is a poem I wrote today:

I see people smiling

I hear “Jambo”

Mzuri sana, mzuri sana

Posho mill

Barber shop

Mzuri sana, mzuri sana,

Mamas singing,

Mamas clapping

Mzuri sana, Mzuri sana

Solar suitcase

Providing light

Asante Kenya

Asante Kenya

You can google the Swahili words!

Goodnight.

Yellow Bark Acacia, one for the most common trees here, and covered with thorns

We've seen lots of cattle herding on the trip. 

Typical local housing: mud walls and grass roofs.

Kyle, our budding wildlife photographer (ask to see his pictures of the mongoose) with cattle.

The kitchen of a local center where we installed a solar suitcase today.

This is the "hotel" of the center, which is what they call a small cafe. Typically these cafes serve chappati and tea.

The local mamas with a solar suitcase and panel.

A local elder named Segali.

Amy sorts out the cables.

Safety first! Kyle and John hold the ladder while Neil mounts a lightbulb.

Amy and 2 of the mamas.

Mama Leah and her baby

Here I am across the road from the installation site, at the entrance to the local high school.

Yum! Kale!

We visited a site where a suitcase was installed last year. The local Village Savings and Loan Association (VLSA) has sourced a second battery and use it to power a TV, VCR and sound system.

This man is the tailor of the community. The sewing machine is foot-driven.

A solar suitcase delivered last year lights a duka (local store).

Emily receives a water or milk container made from a gourd as a sign of appreciation.