Maggie Gitau, Kenya, PHD Cultural Studies

Maggie Gitau: Raising Partners…To Impact Africa

About two weeks ago I hosted a family of nine from the USA. After their Maasai Mara safari, they decided to make a stop-over at slums in Nairobi, laden with token gifts to hand out. They distributed school shoes to impoverished children then met …

Clene Nyiramahoro, PhD in Intercultural Studies

Beyond the Tears: a Rwandan Refugee’s intention to help heal the vulnerable during unrest.

Having lived outside my home for almost 16 years, I was able to objectively think about some of the cultural values that are strongly held and which I believe have been contributing to the many conflicts …

Esther Silamo, Randille, Kenya

Tertiary Education will give me a voice, where there is none

Education will give me the confidence, the knowledge and the vehicle to empower women in my community, who have been subjected to traditions that have suppressed them. I was raised in Northern Kenya, in a remote community where…

Guilt: Women’s heavy burden to bear

Wisdom Exchange TV interview at Africa International University, Nairori, Kenya

Recently I interviewed Katherine Ichoya, the Executive Director of FEMCOM (French for Federation of National Associations of Women in Business in Eastern and Southern Africa), for Wisdom Exchange TV. I couldn’t help but be affected by her enthusiasm [...]

Pushing Your Edge, and Knowing When Not To…

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

I am presently sitting at Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. As I watch the sheer volume of water and the power of its force as it crashes down to Batoka Gorge, I am reminded of one of my favourite books, The Power of [...]

From Comfort to Compassion – A Natural Evolution Realized

Ted Horton & Hanne Howard

At the Hanne Howard and Ted Horton funded community for children, we were watching the children do their crafts, playing, conversing and looking you in the eye when they speak, you quickly recognize that they have been brought up with [...]

An Evolution not a Revolution – Post-graduate education a necessity for future Kenyan Women Leaders

As I depart from Kenya I cannot help reflecting on the diversity of the women I have met, and where some of their values intersect and where they are polarized. I came to Kenya from Toronto, Canada to hear the perspectives of Kenyan women from different backgrounds. These perspectives I [...]

Sandwiched Between Creating Possibilities

Leah Ngini & Suzanne F Stevens in Maasia Courtyard at St. Christopher's School

Often when people think of the Sub-Sahara, they conjure up images of starving children, slums, and corruption. Although these images are real, in many places [...]

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