KACH Garden!

WOW! look at this landscape just a few short months and it is totally transformed!

Campfire

The Second night in Meru a special night was arranged with a campfire, stories and a dance from the kids... It felt wonderful to be cozy by the fire and see a dream of true community come true!!!!

Dr. K's 2 acres

Dr. Karambu had acquired these two acres last summer and we laid out a loose farm plan before I left last July which Bernard and Simon implemented. This is what it looks like only 7 months later. It provided a crop of maize and beans and has been planted with fruit trees. The kids each have a Bio intensive plot of their own and it is doing very well. We learned some good lessons about intercropping such as that pumkins are big feeders and use alot of nitrogen and that our fruit trees should be at least 18' feet apart. I really had no idea just how fast and big things grow it is almost incomprehensible to me! We enjoyed tea on the lawn many afternoons. A group of women from a village near chugu came to inquire about KACH and looking at starting similar. It is incredible what a community has been created in such a short time from the office with Silas and the two Purity's, Sweet Ann's amazing cooking to the fertile gardens.

Meru bound

On my way back to Meru! A long flight over from San Francisco to Nairobi.... I met up with Chris Seely with Skansen , IPI's European partner and we took a small 8 seater to Nanyuki and then a short hour drive on to Meru. We spotted mount Kenya, a rare site. We will be climbing it in October for a fundraiser for the Ruiri Amani Home. I forgot just how beautiful the highlands of Kenya were!!! Feels good to be back and looking forward to a few days of planning and being at KACH!

Thank you Oakley for the basket ball court!!!

Thank you Oakley!!! for your generous donation to help us fund the construction of 1/2 basket ball court. We are excited with the progress and getting close to completion. I bet the kids can't wait.