by AmeenaBlogArchive | Oct 10, 2011 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Kenya, Thoughts
It hasn’t escaped our notice that our blog title has read: “Our journey to Kenya and back” and that the title has seemed awkward since we have been back home here in the United States. Ian and I have discussed if I should change the title, but there...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Jul 21, 2010 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Family, Kenya, Kids
I had a post on facebook a while back about Eli’s self portrait drawing done at school. It’s a pretty accurate drawing, except for the skin color. When I asked him why he made himself black, he corrected me saying, “Mom! I’m not black,...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Mar 27, 2010 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Friends, Kenya
Here in Kenya, if you use the term “land grabbing” pretty much anyone knows what you mean. It’s the process of people taking land that isn’t theirs to sell. They might represent themselves as real estate agents and sell you a land deed or...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Mar 25, 2010 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Family, Kenya, Kids
A moment of true love. Lucy was invited to attend school all week, all day with Eli as this is the last week before a 3 week break between terms. No mention of me paying the insane private school fees the school charges…..so I jumped on it. Eli has been REALLY...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Dec 21, 2009 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Kenya, Kids, Thoughts
I’m starting to think that Kenyan’s have a very different idea on how to help children develop positive self image, well actually, a different idea on interacting with children in general. My first clue to this was the large Kenyan man working in the toy...
