From the drylands - Kaumoni
A brief presentation of Esther, showing pictures that she took a few days ago in a new community named Kaumoni. Hopefully Esther herself will do some blog co-writing here, describing the work she among other volunteers are doing to improve chances for survival in extreme drylands (Kaumoni) and in the slums (Kibera).
Esther lives in Nairobi, Kenya, together with her husband and their children. Her main occupation is for Samasource Kenya Limited. She spends much of her spare time on a project named "Seeds for Life", where she is co-working with other volunteers in the slums and in droughtstricken areas of Kenya. They offer medical help, teach about the use of medicinal plants, and help people living there to become more self sustained.
Esther and her team focus on small scale projects, training women in making handcrafts they can sell to earn their own money, improving their chances to feed and raise their children in a very rough part of the world.
Esther will also tell us more about the medicinal plants they use in Africa.
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Kort presentasjon av Esther, med bilder som ho tok for nokre få dagar sidan i Kaumoni, der ho er med og startar nytt prosjekt i område ramma av ekstrem tørke.
Etterkvart kjem her gjerne gjesteblogginnlegg frå Esther, der ho fortel meir om arbeidet som ho blant fleire frivillige gjer for hjelp til å overleve i områder med ekstrem tørke, som i Kaumoni, samt i eit av verdas største og verste slumstrøk - Kibera.
Esther bor i Nairobi, Kenya, saman med mannen sin og deira små born. Ho arbeider for Samasource Kenya Limited. Mykje av fritida si brukar Esther til prosjektet "Seeds for Life" der ho saman med andre frivillige arbeider i slumområda og i alvorleg tørkeramma område. Dei tilbyr der medisinsk hjelp, driv opplæring i bruk av medisinske plantar, og lærer kvinnene å lage handarbeid for sal.
Esther og teamet hennar fokuserer på småskalaprosjekt der dei lærer kvinner å lage handarbeid som dei kan selje for å tene eigne pengar. Betra økonomi betrar sjansane deira til å brødfø borna sine og gje dei ein tryggare økonomisk oppvekst i hardt prøva område i verda.
I tillegg vil ho fortelje oss om dei medisinske plantane dei brukar i Afrika.
My grand ma, and my brother too |
You can note the only plants surviving here |
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One of the women in the group |
She was happy alovera survives |
Sisal too which is a raw material for making bags |
Cows - no water but still surviving |
This cow knows how to smile |
Thats the team I will be working with. My mum is somewhere and I am somewhere at the back |
Hibiscus survives there too. One of the ladies harvested that and sold to us |
I did a bit of training on medicinal plants that can survive here |
I sell these booklets, they're good for trainings. (Pawpaw sap - good for wounds and cuttings. The picture shows how you get the sap.) |
The well is dry here is where most store water |
There is hope |
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Hoping for the best next month 14TH october 2016 biggest medical ever in this part of community
SvarSlettHoping for the best from here too, I hold great respect for the important job that you&your team are doing, Esther. Hugs and blessings <3
SvarSlett