Grand total: $1850! (133,399 Kenyan Shillings)

$1480 and still rising...it's a flood... must be a full moon :)

up to $1430 and counting!

$1315.00 for KIBISOM and counting...

... through your generous donations! Thank you thank you!

I will let you know how Esther intends to put these funds to use soon!

Thank you thank you!

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BIKING from Seattle to Portland...for KIBISOM!

I am biking from Seattle to Portland on July 11th and 12th.

That's right... 200 miles in 2 days!

You can support this adventure by donating a few cents per mile to KIBISOM, a women's group that I worked with on Rusinga Island, Kenya in 2007. Your donation to this group will keep me cranking when the muscles start to ache!

Please visit the donation page here: http://kibisom.eventbrite.com

Stay tuned to this site for information about the projects that your donations will support!

Last year we raised close to $2000 at a fun benefit concert in Palo Alto for KIBISOM. These funds went to purchase a water tank subsidized by CARE International ($500), and school fees for a boy named Nelson Mandela.

Funds we raise this year through this bike ride will continue to support Nelson (he has 2 more years of school), and a young woman named Irean Owino who joined Sindo Girls Secondary school this year.

Esther works hard to distribute funds equally in the community. She will inform me of the most pressing projects and you will learn about how your donations are being utilized through this blog!

School Fees for Kibisom Youth

Nelson Mandela on one of our walks on Rusinga Island.

While living on Rusinga Island, Nelson would stop by from time to time to see if I wanted to get out for a walk in the beautiful countryside. Our favorite walk took us to the top of a nearby hill where we could take in stunning 360 degree views of Lake Victoria. Nelson was full of questions on these strolls, and I did my best to answer them. Esther, the founder of Kibisom, informed me after one of these walks that Nelson is an excellent student, but it is unlikely that his grandmother will have the funds to send him to the nearby secondary school.

Funds raised at the cocktail party benefit on February 8th in Palo Alto will allow Nelson to attend high school next year!

Kibisom in "Food First"

You can access a report written in the field about Kibisom published online by "Food First" at:

http://www.foodfirst.org/node/1700