I have a dream too!

Sorry I wasn't clear on this one. The movie Lillian Child of AIDS that I have wanted you to see is posted on my facebook page. Please view it so you can understand how important it is to get clinics on the school grounds.
You probably have to paste this in your browser to see the video.
http://www.facebook.com/video/?ref=sb#/video/video.php?v=17226829075
You need to go to the facebook listing to see it. They think it's too long for this space. However, after watching it for a long
time it dawned on me that I had been making a false assumption about why the children are not tested or treated. It's not because the meds are expensive, it's because they can't afford the transportation to the clinics! That's when I talked to a couple of folks working over there about the idea of having a clinic on school grounds once a month or more. If we had it on school grounds, the children could come and be tested, they could get vaccinations, mosquito netting, and medications for the ever present diarrhea, malaria and other fungal infections.

Did you know that 400 children a day die in Kenya from diarrhea and malaria? So it's not going to help to feed them if we can't keep them healthy. But here's the really cool thing, we could have some of our parents sell their crops, or our dress making business take orders right there while people are waiting. I'm really stoked about this idea.

We're hoping to work with Kiva to administer the loans, since we can't do it all. But the idea is that small entrepeneurs would borrow money for a business and then set them up on clinic days at the schools. They would tithe a certain amount to our feeding programs. I'm hoping it works. I already know one enterprising woman who could surely teach it to other women. And Shani the Massai chief is amazing in his dreams.

So keep the faith y'all, we'll get there one day.