Setting the Stage

Risper and Mordoch are our contacts from the village. Risper was a founding member of  the Koriko Moyie Women's Group. She later ended up in Blacksburg working on her PhD at Virginia Tech. When she came across IWiN she thought we would be perfect to partner with to try to raise funds to help the Ngeta group to raise funds for their desired powermill, and we enthusiastically took on the project.


Now, though Risper has graduated and taken on a teaching position at a university in Tennessee, Mordoch has gone back to Kenya temporarily in order to supervise the building project and purchase of the mill. Below are a few pictures of the village and some excerpts of updates sent to us by Risper.

"I know these are not the photos you look forward to seeing, but I just wanted to share them with you. This is Mordoch's visit to my mother's home. The lady in blue prints is my mother. The children in the picture are some of her grand children and the man in the picture is my brother. 

On this trip he also banked the money and checked the prices of building materials. He did not make plans to transport anything yet because he had to check further for affordable transport and the exact quantities. Tomorrow, Sunday, he will meet with two skilled builders to get exact quotations for the building materials. This process may take up to two weeks because he will only employ a builder who gives the best price."