An Ojai girls pilgrimage to Kenya

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An Ojai girls pilgrimage to Kenya
By C. Mae Waugh
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Ever BENIN an impoverished country?Children are
hungry and they dont get TOGO to school.KENYA
help?Together were GHANA make a change.
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Here we are, a few of us from the Episcopal
Diocese of MA College Ministry ready to begin our
adventure in Africa.
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And this is who we met
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Kenya and its people
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They welcomed us warmly wherever we went
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A few friendly faces
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No one wore any shoes. Many people were too poor
to buy food and could not afford conveniences
like shoes.
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The marketplace
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The village
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A man selling live chickens from his bicycle
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Washing clothes in the stream
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Local children
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Two friends I made from the Womens Organization
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My host family
Shaina Rhodes, my roommate from Boston
University Jeridah, my host mother and my
siblings Dinah, 23 yrs. old Isaac, 15 yrs.
old Rose, 12 yrs. old Amos, 8 yrs. old
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My host brothers feet were infested with
chiggers. They come from living with livestock
and are tick-like bugs that burrow in your feet.
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The Womens Organization of Ebisuratse
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St. Polycarp Parish
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A group photo with the two professors from St.
Philips Theological College, who taught us so
much about Kenyan culture.
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Sharing photos
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Kenyan Homes
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The two-room home where I lived
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The kitchen
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My host family and me
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Orphans
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This boy lives with his aunt
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This boy was locked out of his house. His
grandmother cares for him and had to attend a
funeral and it was safer for him to be locked
outside than stay inside alone. A young boy left
home alone in Kenya is asking for trouble.
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These two sisters are HIV positive. One is six
and the other is 5-years-old. Both of their
parents died from AIDs.
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This orphan girl is 14 and lives with her aunt.
She was one of the most beautiful girls I saw.
To each orphan house we visited we brought eggs
and beanie babies.
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The Orphan Feeding Program
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Extra protein meal sent to the parishes
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The meal of rice and beans
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500 orphans waiting for their one protein meal a
week
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Serving chai tea
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Drinking chai tea
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Waiting for the meal
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Serving the children
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The empty bowls seemed never-ending. We scooped
and scooped and I was afraid there wouldnt be
enough. But we didnt run out.
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A silence came over the grounds as the children
began to eat
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Happy children with empty bowls and full bellies
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Worship
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On Safari
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And that was my adventure in Kenya