Whenever I talk about going to or having been to Kenya, the responses I receive in return are a bit jumbled. There’s a lot of “wow!” and inquiries about safety, as well as the occasional “oh cool…and where’s that?”. Maybe it’s just on my radar more-so than others because my friend Zaneta lives there, but […]
Tag: Nairobi
Kazuri Beads | Opportunity in Creativity
Kazuri: a Swahili word that translates to “something small and beautiful” Kazuri Beads: a factory that provides regular employment to local village women, many of who are single mothers Located on what used to be part of Karen Blixen’s Estate (aka Meryl Streep in Out Of Africa), is a small factory started by Regina Newman […]
Disposable Camera Challenge | Kenya Edition
Being a photography student, I pretty much have to believe that film is not dead. It has an intriguing air of mystery to it, now that we live in a digital world. With no way to see the pictures until trusting someone to correctly develop them for you, you don’t know exactly what images you […]
The Perks of Sponsoring an Elephant
As if visiting The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and seeing orphaned elephant calves could get any cooler, it did. One of the privileges you receive in return for “fostering” an orphan is getting to visit the Trust after hours and watch as the calves are brought in for the night and fed! The elephant I sponsored as […]
Kisses From A Giraffe
To change up the classic chime of “lions and tigers and bears, oh my!”, we finished off our Saturday with “elephants and baboons and giraffes, oh my!”. Zaneta, Lauren, Mr. P and I visited the African Fund For Endangered Wildlife Kenya Ltd., or the Giraffe Centre for short. The space the giraffes are kept has two […]
The Elephant Experience | David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
This past Saturday held the event I had been looking forward to most since the planning of this trip began…meeting baby elephants! The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust was founded in 1977 and is now one of the most successful orphan-elephant rescue and rehab programs in the world. They take in both elephants and rhinos who’s […]
World Watching 