Garissa Fun

This past weekend we headed to Garissa with Tristan, Emma and Meuni (from the CBM office in Toronto). We left on Friday for the 6 hour drive; Tristan and Emma did great! We had a chance to visit wit Ron and Joan Ward over supper; Tristan and Emma had a great time catching frogs and crickets in their house. Joan says that she can't close her eyes when she showers for fear of stepping on a frog! Saturday morning we headed out at 6:30 am to visit the camels in Raya. We sat in the back of the Ward's Land Rover and had breakfast as we drove.

After Raya, we went to the site of the new Healing Rooms where we were each invited to plant a tree as they dedicated the site in prayer. This is Tristan with his palm.

Out at Raya Emma found a traditional Somali house; they are made of branches and rushes so they can easily be collapsed and moved on the backs of camels by the nomadic herdsmen.

This is us enjoying a Garissa sunset in the back on the Ward's truck

After visiting some projects with the Ward's and Meuni, we met a Somali man names Hassan who took us on a giraffe safari. We tracked them in the Ward's truck and then followed them on foot. That morning Hassan had been part of a group that killed seven lions that had been attacking herds. The Kenya Wildlife Service came and removed the lions. As this area isn't a game sanctuary, the Somali herdsmen will kill any predators that threaten their herds.