One Father's Plea
Medical Clinic Project

When we drove up to the site, they had just finished digging the grave. A massive pile of red East African dirt stood nearby as a silent monument to the solemnness of the occasion. Under the heat of the mid-day sun, the Maasai tribesmen began gathering rocks which would be used as part of the final task of covering the grave when the burial was complete.

A few moments later, we saw a woman walking slowly from the nearby huts toward the grave carrying a bundle wrapped in black cloth. Everyone stood silently as she drew near. It became apparent as she came closer, that the bundle she so tenderly carried, was the lifeless body of her four year old daughter. Full Story

We Have Slain The Lion Of Thirst
African Water Well Project

It had been nearly 40 years since the people of Esilalei village had a well from which they could draw clean water. The previous well was closed after a lion fell into it and died, polluting the water. Not knowing what else to do, They had simply filled it in with dirt and for nearly a generation they had languished with no access to a source of clean water.

During those years, some of the children died from water-borne diseases picked up from the shallow watering holes that the people shared with their cattle. So this day, in which they would celebrate the opening of a new well, was one worthy of great festivity.

The day began with overcast skies in Moshi Tanzania as we climbed into our four-wheel drive vehicles and headed for the Maasai village of Esilalei where a crowd was already gathering for the big celebration. Full Story