Mama Monica

Raising a Village out of Poverty

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November 22nd 2006
I had the great fortune and privilege to visit Sauri Kenya last week -- some 40 km sort of northwest of Kisumu. Sauri has been on my list of sites to see before departing Kenya. It is one of the first UN Millennium Village projects. There are some 13 original sites spread throughout Africa and Asia - many more have morphed in the last couple of years - all selected due to extreme poverty, lack ... read more

Africa » Kenya » Nyanza Province » Sauri

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Founding president and liberation struggle icon Jomo KENYATTA led Kenya from independence until his death in 1978, when President Daniel Toroitich arap MOI took power in a constitutional succession. The country was a de facto one-party state from 196... ... read more