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Kenya: Women and Community Development |
What Forms do I need for this Program?
All of the forms you will need are linked from the
Forms page.
Kenya: Women and Community Development General
Information
- March 7th-16th, 2008
- DRAFT Itinerary
- Program fee for the Kenya Immersion Experience is approximately $1,800 plus airfare.
- Program fee includes accommodations, meals, a tax deductible contribution to the programs and
projects you visit, and more.
- Contact Sharon Milligan at
sharon.milligan@case.edu or
Andrea Porter
andrea.g.porter@case.edu and check out the MSASS
International website.
Friday, Depart Cleveland, Ohio (normally travel through Amsterdam)
Saturday,
- Evening arrival at Nairobi Airport
- Greeting by IPM Regional Coordinator, Esther Gathiri
- Airport transfer from JKIA to Rosa Mystica Guest House
- Orientation by Sonya Dias & Esther Gathiri
- Dinner & bed at Rosa Mystica Guest House
Sunday,
- Breakfast with Wanjira Munyua, IPM Sub-Saharan Advisory Council Member – reflection on the
state of women in Kenya
- Drive to Makueni (a 2 hour drive from Nairobi)
- Visit Kandula Village Project
- Picnic lunch in Machakos
- Presentation by Susan Mutuku, Coordinator, Kandula Village Project
- Meeting and sharing with project beneficiaries
- Drive back to Nairobi
Monday,
- Breakfast with Bill Nyasio, IPM Sub-Saharan Advisory Council Member—reflection on modern
history of Kenya
- Drive to A.I.C.Kajiado Primary, located approximately 50 miles south of Nairobi.
- Visit - The Bride Rescue Project. This school runs a project to rescue girls from early forced
marriage and keep them in school.
- Presentations and personal testimonies from rescued girls
- Presentation of the project by Mrs. Priscilla Nangurai, Head Teacher, A.I.C. Kajiado Primary
school.
- Lunch at AIC Kajiado Primary with the girls
- Meeting with Mrs. Mullel, Coordinator, Nosim Women Organization, Kajiado
- Spend the afternoon sharing with the girls and local women on ways to improve women's
education.
- Drive back to Nairobi.
- Dinner & reflection
- Overnight at Rosa Mystica Guest House
Tuesday,
- Breakfast & daily orientation at Rosa Mystica Guest House
- Drive across the Great Rift Valley
- Drive to Kericho Region, famous for tea production
- Proceed to Awasi to meet with the Kenyan Franciscan Sisters. One of the Sisters, Sr. Gladys
Owuor is helping out with the IPM Project, Unyolo Village Development Project.
- Afternoon presentation about the projects being run by the Sisters – i.e. farming, clinic and
nursery school.
- Dinner, Reflection & overnight at Awasi
Wednesday,
- Breakfast & morning reflection at Awasi
- Drive to Unyolo for site visit with Unyolo Village Improvement Project, IPM Project
- Project presentation by Francis Okumu (Secretary General UVIP)
- Lunch & afternoon tour of Unyolo homesteads
- Reflection and overnight at Unyolo
Wednesday,
- Spend full day with Unyolo Village
- Overnight in Unyolo
Thursday,
- Breakfast & morning reflection in Unyolo
- Drive to Maasai Mara Game Reserve
- Evening Game Drive at Maasai Mara
Friday,
- Breakfast & daily orientation at the Maasai Mara
- Morning Game Drive
- Drive back to Nairobi through the Great Rift Valley
- Dinner at Rosa Mystica Guest House
Saturday,
- Breakfast & daily orientation at Rosa Mystica Guest House
- Drive to Dandora slums, Eastlands Nairobi
- Visit Deednet, IPM Project, AIDS orphanage with Ms. Rufina Simiyu, IPM Board Member and
Minister at the Nairobi Provincial Government
- Lunch & meeting with Dandora Women’s Forum
- Dinner at Carnivore Simba Saloon
- Late evening departure from Nairobi to Cleveland
Sunday,
- Return to Cleveland, Ohio
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