Having spent the last few days in the coastal town of Mombassa in Kenya, I have borne witness (once again) to the reality of third-world poverty. In speaking with teachers here, whose students receive nourishment twice a day in the form of a wheat based porridge, it is clear the poverty here is far different [...]
Entries from January 2009
January 7, 2009
Christopher Heads to East Africa.
Last April I was lucky enough to be selected by Rotary International to head out on a Group Study Exchange to Kenya and Uganda. Over the past year our team of five teachers and one Rotary team leader have been meeting and preparing, and tomorrow we’ll be heading out. Our month-long journey will include a [...]
January 2, 2009
Progressions Through Unlearning.
Sitting at the dinner table as a child, my father used to force me to eat brussel sprouts. Each litttle green ball seemed to weigh 50 lbs., causing my hand to shake as I lifted it from my plate. It could have just been the fear of my parent’s wrath. Either [...]
