I recently traveled to Kenya with a group of 14 American college students from top universities in our state. While we all come from middle- class families, some had been on missions before, but all were taken aback by what we met in Kenya. During my stay, my team worked with a community called Ngaamba. These people had nothing but the community had recieved a well three years prior and this was still something they were proud of and thankful for. It was devestating to see what these people lived on, but more heartwrenching to hear the stories of famine from failed crops. See, these people often do not even come in contact with money but rather depend on their farms to feed the family or sell or trade for necessary items. The past year, the crops failed. This year, the crops were growing because of rain, but recently a drought has hit. But how can this be aleviated? It can by teaching the people better irrigation methods, ways to provide water for the crops so as not to let them die, in order to feed the people. With simple teaching and someone to show the way, these people progress towards becoming a developed nation. Until workers who are educated share these helpful secrets, the Ngaamba people and the other people of rural Kenya will continue to starve and fight for their lives. I encourage anyone who has the opportunity to travel to Kenya and meet the most genuine people ever created, and dare you to try not to love and help them any way you can. It simply is not possible.
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