Water - water - water - the never ending search for water.....Again this year it is dry. The small amount of rain that has fallen quickly dissapates and you wonder if that really was rainfall you heard in the night. Peter and his donkey cart are back to the daily hauling of water to the work site. He can be heard quietly whispering to his donkeys as his first cart of water is brought at about 2 am.

The men arrive early to begin hauling the wheelbarrows and chipping the stones to fit the for the masons to add to the cistern. The new cistern will be large enough to hold 75 cubic meters of water! That should last a while! Mangu is very fertile but water cannot be found in the ground. The only wells in the area are about 900 meters deep and that water is hot springs. Warm and tempting to bathe in but not fit for consumption.

Chicken Wire is appied to the inside of the cistern for reinforcement. It sure is a long way down!

The property is buzzing while the cistern is being built, the rocks that form the base of the slab for the commons are being poured and chipped, while in another corner mud bricks are being laid for the storage shed and car park

The recipients were very grateful. One Bible costs a weeks wages for a day laborer.

Pastor Waweru and his wife Theresa present the Bibles at the church.

Sara and Jordann present donated medical suplies to the Nakuru Provincial Hospital.

Sara and Jordann, the interns in Community Health from the University of Maine, had a full schedule during their short time in Kenya. They visited hospitals, clinics, and public toilets.They were fortunate to observe a birth at the rural clinic in Njoro.

During their "off time", they read books and shared stories with the boys at the Joseph Waweru Home School.

Expanding Opportunities is pleased to announce that we have awarded another small micro loan to Gladys Waqnjiru. Gladys is a hard working woman. He husband is a day laborer. Gladys must work to supplement the income for her family. She has used the STEMS loan to purchase used clothing which she will sell door to door. She was successful in this work inthe past but had to let it go for a while. She is now happy to have the loan to begin building her business again.