I decided to post once again about Movember and the Movember campaign by the Kenyan Boys Choir. Movember is a campaign to raise money for it in support of the fight against several men's diseases. Am not asking for your help in this post. If you do want to find out more you can click here.
How many of you have heard of Movember?
It is a global charitable cause set up to raise funds for prostate cancer, testicular cancer and men's mental health. The idea is that men grow mustaches in the month of November and try to raise funds for the fight against these diseases.
If you have ever had prostate cancer, testicular cancer or mental issues or, you have a loved one who has, you may be touched by the efforts to fund raise.
My friends in the Kenyan Boys Choir have been moved to grow mustaches and do their part to raise funds for the cause. In Kenya where they live the treatment options and care available for anyone with cancer is very minimal and there is a lot of suffering involved if you have cancer and no treatment options at all.
The photo I've used is not mine but a professional photo of the Kenyan Boys Choir.
Those members of the Kenyan Boys Choir who are touring in 2015 are in this photo. Other choir members are back in Kenya.
In Kenya the country is facing the ravages of El Nino.
The following photos are taken by Kenya news agencies over the past several days.
The mom (along with her baby and the missionary escort) helped with surgery recently has had to delay getting home. The highway to her home looks like this.
Men, women and children have been stranded in an unsafe area for 3 days without help. Even if you have funds there is no where to buy anything.
At least the Pokot mom made it back to her relatives in Kapenguria where she should be safe.
My friend Jonah and a pastor friend of his have also been caught up and stranded away from home in the rain.
They have been stranded at Lake Baringo for 2 days. All the budget hotels were quickly taken due to a huge conference happening in the area and all the other stranded travellers. they are staying at Soi Lodge which you might remember from some of my earlier posts.
This is his photo showing the impassable roads near Lake Baringo.
Meanwhile, here at home we are having a coastal storm today.
The ferries to the island have been cancelled and 3000 homes are currently without power.
There is a snowfall in the mountains so I will have to monitor the situation to see whether travel plans this weekend have to be adjusted.
My cloudy sky picture was taken a week ago.
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In Kenya the country is facing the ravages of El Nino.
The following photos are taken by Kenya news agencies over the past several days.
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| Near Lake Baringo. |
The mom (along with her baby and the missionary escort) helped with surgery recently has had to delay getting home. The highway to her home looks like this.
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| The highway from Kapenguria to Turkana. |
Men, women and children have been stranded in an unsafe area for 3 days without help. Even if you have funds there is no where to buy anything.
At least the Pokot mom made it back to her relatives in Kapenguria where she should be safe.
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| People stranded in West Pokot area of the Northern Rift Valley. |
My friend Jonah and a pastor friend of his have also been caught up and stranded away from home in the rain.
They have been stranded at Lake Baringo for 2 days. All the budget hotels were quickly taken due to a huge conference happening in the area and all the other stranded travellers. they are staying at Soi Lodge which you might remember from some of my earlier posts.
This is his photo showing the impassable roads near Lake Baringo.
Meanwhile, here at home we are having a coastal storm today.
The ferries to the island have been cancelled and 3000 homes are currently without power.
There is a snowfall in the mountains so I will have to monitor the situation to see whether travel plans this weekend have to be adjusted.
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| This is a photo of BC place. It holds 50,000 people & was renovated a few years ago. It has a retractable roof that turns different colours at night. |
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