kenya Archives | Laurie Goes to Africa https://lauriegoestoafrica.com/tag/kenya/ The Kind Neighbor Project Wed, 02 Oct 2019 09:56:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Primary Project 1: Small Business Owner Training/Mentoring https://lauriegoestoafrica.com/primary-project-1-small-business-owner-training-mentoring/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=primary-project-1-small-business-owner-training-mentoring https://lauriegoestoafrica.com/primary-project-1-small-business-owner-training-mentoring/#respond Tue, 10 Apr 2018 08:58:03 +0000 http://lauriegoestoafrica.com/?p=1874 Poverty alleviation is one of my main passions and it’s also one of the main things I’m working on here in Kisii Kenya. As the main activity in fighting poverty I’m training and mentoring small entrepreneurs with skills to improve their businesses, increase their profits and ultimately escape poverty. The entrepreneurs I focus on typically... Read more »

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]]> https://lauriegoestoafrica.com/primary-project-1-small-business-owner-training-mentoring/feed/ 0 Two Weeks of Poverty https://lauriegoestoafrica.com/two-weeks-poverty/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=two-weeks-poverty https://lauriegoestoafrica.com/two-weeks-poverty/#respond Sat, 17 Feb 2018 17:47:21 +0000 http://lauriegoestoafrica.com/?p=1835 In a way I feel like a pretentious, privleged fool for doing this. In another way, I feel like I have to. “Missionary Salary” It’s recommended, in general, for single, independent missionaries to live on $1,500 as a minimum monthly salary. That would be $50 per day!!! Last year, I spent an average of $1,119/... Read more »

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]]> https://lauriegoestoafrica.com/two-weeks-poverty/feed/ 0 Why I Haven’t Been Blogging or Posting Much https://lauriegoestoafrica.com/havent-blogging-posting-much/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=havent-blogging-posting-much https://lauriegoestoafrica.com/havent-blogging-posting-much/#respond Mon, 08 May 2017 10:22:50 +0000 http://lauriegoestoafrica.com/?p=1692 First, What I’ve Been Up To: Teaching Reading to Struggling Readers at an Elementary School I’ve been teaching reading to some struggling readers at an elementary school, grades 4-7. I did this for one week before they had a 3 week break. This last week it started up again. I’m excited to get it going... Read more »

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]]> https://lauriegoestoafrica.com/havent-blogging-posting-much/feed/ 0 Part 2 Begins https://lauriegoestoafrica.com/part-2-begins/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=part-2-begins https://lauriegoestoafrica.com/part-2-begins/#respond Mon, 13 Mar 2017 09:35:04 +0000 http://lauriegoestoafrica.com/?p=1664 The adventure has officially begun! I arrived in Kenya on March 1st and arrived in Kisii on March 2nd. It’s so nice to be back here. It feels very right. What have I been doing and what do I plan to do with my first month? Well, I’m assessing the situation. I want to figure... Read more »

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]]> https://lauriegoestoafrica.com/part-2-begins/feed/ 0 What to Bring to Africa https://lauriegoestoafrica.com/what-to-bring-to-africa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-to-bring-to-africa https://lauriegoestoafrica.com/what-to-bring-to-africa/#respond Thu, 18 Aug 2016 03:58:37 +0000 http://lauriegoestoafrica.com/?p=1170 I spent 6 months in Liberia, Uganda and Kenya and learned some things about what is helpful to bring to a tropic, hot, developing world location from the Western world. If you’re going to stay for 1 week or 2 years, take a look at this list. If you’re going for just a week or... Read more »

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