I have just finished watching a great piece from Journeyman Pictures (YouTube): Kenya Kids. This 11 minute video was so powerful that it both brought me to tears, yet left me with hope. It also confirmed what Rolf Gross (phototgrapher) suggested to me when I started this blog, "Don't become a 'colonial missionary'." Regardless of the BILLIONS of dollars than have been funneled into Africa over 50 years, the abject poverty still exists. Until we empower the people of Africa, until Africans embrace the Power of Only One, nothing will ever change and millions will remain in the never ending cycle of poverty. The real solution is in the hands of the Africans themselves, not with the "old white men" at summits who talk about what should be done.
But there is hope. Just experience the strength and fire in the hearts of Henry Kangethe and Elisabeth Nyawira of AMREF, former street children of Kenya. In the hands of those who know the pain and struggle of poverty, there is hope and a plan for a better tomorrow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnjIgSgKB-M&feature=related
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