A week in pictures
Micah and Farhiya explain the importance
and use of a water filter system to a family in Eastleigh
We really can't quite capture an entire week in a few pictures. As Mary Doerksen commented one morning as we drove through the chaos of street life in Eastleigh, "Pictures are just not enough. How do we ever explain all of "THIS" to our everyone back home." We hear you Mary!
Nonetheless, here is a quick recap of some of this past week's highlights. If you are interested in seeing more, or hearing the first hand account of the Doerksen family, we recommend you checking out their blog at:
Aby introducing her new friends to one of the Iftin classes
Marking teaching the vocabulary of "good manners"
in one of the primary school classes
Mary sharing with her small group in Iftin Class 2
Mark learning about the Iftin women in his small group
Over the past five years, we've come to learn
that one of the greatest things
we can do in empowering women is listen.
H o m e V i s i t s
Each afternoon, the Doerksen's accompanied Farhiya, one of Iftin's seven community facilitators, on home visits to meet refugee families who are being interviewed and considered for assistance with child sponsorship for the primary school. Already this year, Laura Muema has a case load of over one hundred refugee children who desperately want to attend school, but can not afford it. Through the generosity of churches, organizations and people like the Doerksens, the Iftin program is helping refugee children access clean water, health care, education and livelihood training and support for their care givers.
It is amazing, but it only takes a dollar a day to change the life of one of these children.
A family of children excited to have house guests
Aaron and Mark demonstrating how to assemble
a water filter system with a family in Eastleigh
Aby & Micah raised enough money at their school in Winnipeg, to purchase about sixty water filters, that will be distributed in Eastleigh this year!
Atalie Dougherty, Erica, Mark, Aby, Micah,
Mary and Ava on their way to the Iftin Party
Eastleigh, Kenya
Erica and Aby at the Amani Ya Juu
Women's Refugee Sewing Project in Nairobi
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