Ode Magazine, which I once subscribed to, ran a story this past April called “Slum tours: Traveling off the beaten path” detailing the rise of what some have dubbed “poorism”, or traipsing through the slums of this planet for an alternative travel experience. Coming from Ode, I figured that this would be a hit piece [...]
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Kenya Series – The Myth of Western Superiority
July 15th, 2009
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I’ve been with The 1010 Project for a little over a year. At the same time, I was working my way through graduate school at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. At the office, I learned about humanitarian work by doing, and through discussions with those who had been [...]
Kenya Series – Water
July 15th, 2009
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Water is life. I’ve known this for some time. I’ve also been nursing a water addiction for about a decade. I love the stuff like a fish loves…water. I need it, I crave it at almost all times, and I drink many, many liters each day. I knew that traveling in Kenya would be difficult [...]
Giardiasis
July 14th, 2009
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So I’ve been feeling a little fluxy in the stomach since returning from Kenya. I finally got the gumption to go see a doctor about it yesterday. They gave me dicyclomine for my stomach-ache and took blood and other stuff. The lab just called me and said that I tested positive for giardia, the little [...]
The Denver Dispatch of Doom – Vol. 11 (Kenya Edition)
July 13th, 2009
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Hello all, I hope this letter finds you healthy and happy. I’ve eaten a great deal of celery in the past week, a fact for which I have no explanation. I am back from Africa! In my work with The 1010 Project, I’ve spent a lot of time telling the stories of social entrepreneurs and [...]
Community Market Proposal
July 13th, 2009
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I’m working with Matt, one of our interns who is still on the ground in Kenya, to put the finishing touches on a proposal. We’re planning to work with one of our community-based organizations in the Kayole suburb of Nairobi to arrange a permanent space in a market. The basic idea is to give the [...]
Kenya Series – Mt. Longonot
July 6th, 2009
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A fantastic slide show, complete with funny captions, follows this post. Our team from The 1010 Project spent a few days visiting with a partner in Western Province, then headed to Lake Naivasha in the Central Highlands of Kenya. Naivasha is big and beautiful – it’s in the bottom of the Great Rift Valley – [...]
Kenya Series – Amsterdam (to be updated with videos later)
July 1st, 2009
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So I’m midway through an eight hour layover in Amsterdam. Holland is a nice place. I rode a bike through this very old city and felt quite Dutch. The only things missing were clogs, tulips, and giant windmills. The people here are very nice and I wish that I could bottle up Dutch accent and [...]
Kenya Series – 2
June 19th, 2009
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I climbed a mountain in the Great Rift Valley today, but I don’t want to blog it until I can upload the pictures, i.e. when I return to the States. In the meantime, we’re heading back to Nairobi tonight. Next week will be very busy, as we meet with partners, make great plans, and work [...]
