By Michael Acton | Visitor
Michael Acton is a student who traveled throughout Africa and visited a number of GlobalGiving projects. On March 24th he visited "Equipping poor families with HIV/AIDS life skills." When asked what he would tell his friends about this project, he said: “Great: They are making a difference."
We met up with Stella in GEMINI's Eldoret office. It was in a small office building with offices where they offer HIV testing and counseling services for local services. We then walked over to the matatu (mini-bus) stand and took a bumpy ride to the rural town of Moi's Bridge. In Moi's Bridge we saw two of GEMINI's field sites including one for this project described below.
We rode down on bicycle taxis carrying our luggage to the workshop for the grandmothers. We were greeted by a large group of singing grandmothers who shook our hands and gave out great big hugs. We listened to a village elder describe the difference that GEMINI's project is making, especially after the post election violence last year. The grandmothers were from many different villages surrounding Moi's bridge, each with a t-shirt of the word for peace, happiness, or love in Swahili. The GEMINI Moi's Bridge volunteers also spoke with us.
We visited one of GEMINI's projects for teen mothers before visiting this one. The description of that visit is on that project's website.
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