GLORY SMILES
Glory’s husband died because he was struck by a car in the middle of the night. His body was found in the morning, decimated by wildlife. When we met Glory and her son Fredrick, the depression that surrounded them was palpable. Some tragedies are simply too much for the heart to withstand. But [...]
BEGIN WHERE YOU ARE
Pale yellow kernels of corn fly like confetti, as John Anaeli pushes his thumb along the dried rows of the cob. He sits on a small wooden stool on top of a white plastic tarp with small mountains of kernels that took hours to form. One kernel hits John in the eye and [...]
HIDDEN NO MORE
Debora’s grandmother, Bibi in Swahili, gathers water from the pipe a few hundred yards away from their home. The water is green. Not clean enough to drink or cook with, but is used to wash clothes, which Debora does several times a day. Bibi is 59 and has been the sole caregiver for [...]
DIANA
Diana Peter’s core principals are simple. But not effortless. “If you want to benefit,” she said, “you have to do your work from your heart. You don’t do it just because you need money. It needs to come from your heart.” As a manager for Save the Rain, she teaches women how to mix [...]
MAMA AGNES
The house came a bag at a time. She sold sunflowers to buy a bag of cement. A chicken pedaled meant a sack of sand to add to the pile. Foibe Elisaria saved day by day, year by year, to build her home. Brick by brick. She was pregnant with her daughter when [...]
JOSEPH
We’re driving down the dirt road, body jerking left and right, I’m trying my best not to smack my head against the window. Joseph, the co-director of Save the Rain, is laughing as we hit each bump. To the right, Mt. Kilimanjaro stands tall and proud. To the left is Mt. Meru, a [...]