Dangers of cooking

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Running on e

I went to town today to mail a few letters and walked past one of the gas stations with a crazy line.  Thank goodness I refilled my cooking gas tank last week (even though I had to go to 3 gas stations to find it). Even then the price had gone up 24% since I last filled it in April. Inflation is a big problem here. Everything from gas to eggs to flour to school fees has risen. And, given that the unemployment rate is somewhere around 40%, it's a pretty fair statement that incomes haven't risen in step.

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The books are coming!

After a long year our books for Africa project is finally fully funded! Between the three of us (me, Clare and Laken ) we had to raise almost $15,000 so it was no small feat. And it definitely could not have been done without you all so THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! Some of you I know even donated twice and I really appreciate it. The kids are going to love the books, whenever they see mine they always ask for them. So more updates to come when the container arrives. Asante!

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Mulot

Pictures of Mulot where I have my Tuesday meeting.  Getting there means

1- get a micro machine vehicle to town

2- get on the matatu heading west

3- wait 20 minutes to an hour for it to fill

4- sit squished on said matatu for an hour since there are at least 5 passengers more than seats

5- wait for my translator to meet me (most of the women speak kalenjin)

6- walk 30 off the tarmac road interior to the compound in the picture

7- to get home, repeat in reverse!

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the long and short

Aha! You thought you wouldn't hear from me for awhile didn't you? Well here I am. In an effort to blog more I've decided to do smaller posts more frequently. So right now I'm on a matatu going to a women's meeting. It's hot as the devil and the meeting is about 2 hours away but they are one of my favorite groups. They've been saving about 8 months now and taking loans since October. They are still a little shaky on the particulars of loans. Like the fact that you have to pay interest every month. Yet, I'm glad they are learning now when the loans are small ($50 and less) than go to a bank and learn the hard way with thousands of dollars at stake. They are also coming up with a new business to do. Most of them are just middlewomen in the market place for low margin items like maize. We'll see what they come up with!

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