Zaadz is a new social networking site for those who want to change the world. They are pioneering a Web 2.0 platform that is quite cool. I highly recommend joining the site. It’s free. Inside Zaadz, you can find a discussion group, called a “pod,” for our Power To Stand course. Once you join, the link to our pod is here, and the link to my profile is here. Be sure you...
Read MoreMy trip in Africa was unexpectedly extended for a week, but I am FINALLY home! Austin, TX, USA–in time for the 4th of July! Austin is home to Whole Foods world headquarters, a bazillion yoga studios, killer Texas barbeque, great people, etc., etc. Yesterday morning I started my day with a killer yoga class–Baron Baptiste’s Power Vinyasa yoga, followed by lunch at...
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It is part of the culture here in Kenya to have high walls with barbed wire surrounding your home, metal bars on all windows and doorways and your own security guard(s) on duty 24-7… at least for the middle and upper class residences. Many of the homes with such protection would be lower middle class homes in the U.S. or even homes of those considered to be poor. There are military men and...
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We’re still in Kenya, currently on the coast in Mombasa, where it is raining.. and raining… and raining. I’ve uploaded a few of the photos from the school where we taught the youth last week, and will edit this post a bit later, adding more photos, explanations and links. This is the building where the orphans, ages 3 – 10 live and eat their meals. This is the building...
Read MoreBill Gates announced today that he is stepping out of his day to day role with Microsoft 2 years from today in order to work full-time with his charitable foundation, which now holds $29 Billion in assets and is focussed on revolutionizing health and education in developing countries around the world. Bono has been making miracles happen in developing countries for the last several years with...
Read MoreOk, here are the photos from the first few days of our adventure: http://visionforce.com/kenya/photojournal.htm I haven’t blogged in a few days, and in that time SO much has happened! Several of the youth here are hip hop artists with a vision for rising the consciousness of Kenyans and rallying the youth via music. They’ve performed for us and we captured it on video. We’ll...
Read MoreWe just finished our second day with the children and I still haven’t written about how the worksho went yesterday… and we still haven’t posted photos! Soon, soon! Uploading the photos has been a challenge, but we’ll get them up SOON! OK, so how is the workshop going? Well, yesterday was the first day. After giving 100 1 125 students an overview of the workshop, about 45...
Read MoreOh my! This was the primary purpose of the trip–to work with the youth at the Joram Academy. When we arrived, we met with Mr. Jenga, a very distinguished gentleman who was headmaster of the academy. He was very gracious and listened intently as we gave him an in person preview of our curriculum. He had planned to give us specially prepared meals every day, but Robyn insisted we eat with...
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