The Giraffe Sees Far

I have been thinking about Women of this world, how miserable the world would be without their service and labor, but look at the women around the globe in places like Haiti who are displaced by wars, natural calamities, how they bear heavy burdens of human suffering. We need to think about this, a girl in rural Africa who even can't afford sanitary towels, think about it.

Quote: “Treat the world well because it was not given to us by our Parents but it is loaned to us by our Children” Kenyan Proverb. Before Groundwork: I was brought up on a small rural farm in Bungoma, Kenya where daily chores included taking care of cattle and plants in the fields. After finishing secondary school, I attended university in Nairobi where I graduated with a degree in Community Development. While going to school, I joined an organization called Forest Action Network Kenya as an Intern where I trained poor rural farmers around the Country on participatory forest management working to help communities living close to forests benefit from them in a sustainable way. Environmental issues in Kenya range from high rates of deforestation, soil erosion, desertification, water shortages and degrading water quality, poaching, and domestic and industrial pollution. I felt the need to solve these issues so I attended the International Youth training program at Earthcorps in Seattle,...