If they haven't already, kids in the U.S. are heading back to school. There will be #2 pencils shoved in the side pocket of a book bag, a water bottle with the top not screwed on tightly enough, leaking through the…
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Our final activity at Camp Ajiri last week was orienteering. Henry, the affable and young camp cook, volunteered to teach this final course. Around a small table, Henry quickly showed the 19 Ajiri scholars how a compass…
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Art, especially the kind crafted on our Ajiri boxes, quietly holds the elusive in the physical. Each textured label on our tea boxes may convey joy, sadness, hope, the women’s present lives and their future dreams. Tea…
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Before we started Ajiri Tea we met Thomas. He was three years old with a big smile, living with his grandparents and young cousins and siblings in a small mud house on the backstreets of Kisii town. His grandparents had…
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Why, well into adulthood, is it still so easy to remember those feelings of teenage insecurity? Working with teenagers in Kenya is like watching clouds on a windy day. They are so charged with the energy of their…
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This year gave them more spaces and more programs to experience joy and silliness and the freedom to let go. It is hard to quantify in an Impact Report what that exactly means. But we can tell you what it looks like. It…
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On our last night of the annual Camp Ajiri held at a large farm in Kenya, we were walking through a field with our 20 scholars, flashlights in hand, looking for owls and chameleons, when everyone started to run and…
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Have you tried teaching self-love to a teenager? You can't. Self-love requires quiet introspection and acceptance of oneself—the opposite of where the Ajiri scholars (and most teenagers) are in their lives. Our scholars…
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Sylvia shares her chinsaga (spider flowers) recipe
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We tend to treat Mother's Day as if it were a birthday—something passively happening and celebrated each year. But celebrating motherhood isn't the same thing as turning another year older (even if motherhood itself…
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