Hello all!
Thank you all for making this trip possible. We (Grace Tan, Hannah Christ, and Melissa Peterson) will be leaving for Kenya on Thursday, May 27th at 11am. We will arrive in Nairobi on May 28th at 2:45pm and will then travel to Mtongwe, a "suburb" of Mombasa and one of the poorest communities in the area. There are about 200 children, ranging in age from 3-12 year of age. Mostly all of the children are orphans, with a number of them HIV+. We will be unable to update our blog every day as internet in Mtongwe is somewhat unreliable. However, we will update you with pictures and other news as much as we can. We hope you enjoy following our blog and if you have any questions for us, feel free to comment right on the blog or email us at msp2141@columbia.edu. Thank you very much!
Best,
Melissa, Grace, and Hannah
CSIS KENYA
Melissa
Melissa is from Binghamton, NY and has come to Columbia to major in Urban Studies. She traveled to Italy and France this past summer and caught the travel bug. In addition to being a member of CSIS, she also plays lacrosse for Columbia. She is very excited to be traveling to Kenya this summer and hope to continue participating in service abroad programs throughout the rest of her college and professional career.
Hannah
Hannah is from Douglassville, PA and has come to Columbia University to study visual arts and film. She has traveled to Europe in the past, but is thrilled to travel to Africa and do service work. She is excited to be involved in this project and plans to continue seeing the world and doing volunteer work. After college she plans to have a career in the arts.
Grace
Grace Tan is a first-year student in Columbia College of Columbia University. She is currently pursuing African studies, and hopes to major either in that or anthropology. Grace has been taking Swahili this year to prepare for her trip to Kenya. Working with her student group, she hopes that they will achieve the necessary amount of funding needed to make this goal a reality.
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