Photos have been removed from this issue because of a law in Kenya requiring strict documentation for photos and videos featuring school children.
On July 1st I leave for Kenya accompanied by my daughter Debby, and granddaughter Anna (19). I can't wait to get back there and visit schools and see the animals in the many national parks in Kenya. It will also be nice to escape the heat here in Bluffton, SC. It is winter in Kenya and the average temperatures this time of year are 50-75 F. You can follow our journey on my Facebook page. I'm excited to report that with the distribution of books in container number 9, we have now created libraries in 3,021 Schools in rural Kenya impacting the lives of approximately 680,000 children. We are so thankful for the 405 different people or organizations who have donated to make this possible. The impact doesn't stop with the students because teachers, parents, families, and communities are being impacted so the total number of people impacted is probably over 2 million.
There are approximately 6,753 rural schools in Kenya with little or no electricity or internet access. The 3,021 schools established so far constitute about 45% of these schools. Bottom line, we have more work to do to reach all of them which would be about 1.5 million children.
More Containers Container #10 is scheduled to ship in August 2 containers enabled by the doTERRA Healing Hands Foundation matching grant have been ordered 5 more - we've applied for a grant from the Department of Defense to subsidize funding 5 containers in late 2022 or 2023. We've been told that it will be approved when it gets to the top of the queue. 2 containers have been ordered for shipment in 2023
