Wait for meeeeee........!!!!!!!!

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WAAAAIT FOR MEEEEEE.........!

Ten minutes before this adorable weeks-old tiny elephant crossed our path, our Cessna Caravan touched down upon the hard-pack dirt landing strip in the Masai Mara. Our guides, two traditionally-garbed Masai men, escorted us to their Land Rover, our safari vehicle for the week. Hot-coloured beaded chains dangled from their necks and their stretched earlobes. Wide, beaded bracelets adorned their arms and ankles. A knife was strapped to Siololo's calf.
His spear rested on the floorboard, slightly menacing, projecting between us in the rear seats.

It was our third week in Kenya but we were desperate for a vacation. The previous two weeks were consumed by our volunteer vacation at Mully Childrens’ Family. The personal commitment by the founders, Charles and Esther Mulli, had inspired my husband and me to volunteer with 20 other Canadians at the MCF Medical Clinic in Ndalani. My husband, Dr Jeff Allin, and four other physicians examined approximately 1300 patients during the two-week clinic. Every morning I taught Life Skills to former street girls at Yatta, a second MCF establishment. Every afternoon I photographed the patients: MCF children and employees, and rural villagers.

Poverty, political turmoil and HIV/AIDS have claimed lives and livelihoods, homes and hope from Kenyans. Determined to make a difference, Charles Mulli and his wife Esther, began by inviting three disadvantaged children to live with them in their home. Twenty-one years later MCF is recognized as a model for other organizations. MCF has provided shelter, food, education, skills training and health care to nearly 6000 children with the goal to reintegrate productive young people into society. Each of us in our group felt honoured to have helped, if only in a small way, guide them in the right direction.

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Photos

Wait for meeeeeee.......!!!!!!!!
Newborn elephant

Cuddles
Young mother listens to medical instructions from the pediatrician

Tickling me.....
Notice the similarities between these two?

Triage White & Black
Nurse Janice assesses incoming patient