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Communities are incredible. If you are part of a community you’re acutely aware of your needs and those around you. This has been the basis for improvements of all sorts - business, charitable, and personal - in every country. In America, we must first admit that we are almost entirely detached from what is happening in communities throughout Africa. 10Villages is an attempt to change that. (more)

10Villages, Covalent Community Work, Kenya

In a previous post I expressed my shock at that lack of media coverage over deaths in Mt. Elgon in favor of covering the latest scandal within the Kenyan Government. Since 2006, hundreds have been killed at Mt. Elgon and Human Rights Watch raised concerns of war crimes. Now it appears the rein of the Sabaot Land Defence Force (SLDF) rebel group is over due to a heavy military presence in the area.  And with this restored peace, the Kenyan media have begun covering the healing process of this war-torn community in their four part series Caves and Skeletons. (more)

Kenya

In January 2009, we interviewed community members in 10 villages to learning more about the needs and circumstances facing each community, straight from the source. (more)

Covalent Community Work

With the ever growing popularity of microfinance it is important to recognize that there are other financial mechanisms that have been in existence for centuries. One such mechanism is the Kenyan “merry-go-round”, also known to a few Economists as rotating savings and credit associations (ROCAS). (more)

Kenya

I traveled down the North Rift Valley, Kitale to Nakuru. Kitale is near Mt. Elgon, where that day a news ticker read: “62 bodies found in Mt. Elgon forest.” (more)

Covalent Community Work