Now that it's been a few days since returning from Kenya and jet lag is fading, I ask myself what difference my first trip to a third-world country has made in me, and what difference I can make in that faraway land. What have I learned from my time with two legs and four legs?
Africa is a land of contrast: the exquisite beauty of nature in its wildest form, and the ugliness of poverty without expectation of relief. The smiles of the children belie their lack of what we consider to be life's essentials and demonstrate their gratitude for the little they do have.
It's unbelievable that, for every $20 donated monthly ($2 per child) through www.kenyakidscan.org, 10 children will have daily lunches and be more likely to be present and attentive each school day. In the separate computer training program, $40 pays a computer teacher's weekly salary to provide an hour's training for each student at one school...and for between $15,000 and $20,000, another school gets a computer center.
We can't do it all, but we can do something. While Tammy and I have been giving a consistent monthly amount, we will be increasing giving as a percentage of our income and will be encouraging others to join us. Children's lives are being changed, and we want to be part of it.
Oh, and all the wild animals are very cool, too!
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