Picha tu tena

B/w or color? can't decide


I'm shooting production stills for the Hot Sun movie, more to come


last but not least, a preview from a new sub-series I'm working on

My week is full of lots of little things, plus I'm sick, so I don't feel like writing too much. I'll give a full update soon. A couple of quick things: CFK fell through, because they are incredibly annoying to work with, so I'm meeting with another organization using Ushahidi called the Peace Caravan, more to come.

Kibera is very dusty, and the rainy season has officially arrived. Its rained 8 out of the last 11 days, so now Kibera is very muddy. Need some wellies.

I got robbed last weekend-I was walking home at night, and very close to my house had a missed call, so I called them back. Someone snuck up behind me and grabbed my phone and ran off. No physical harm or intimidation, so all is aok here.

Tutaonane baadaye.

Amenimake ama samo

This post is going to be just pictures. I'm still sorting through the weekend-it was a ton of fun, and I did a lot of different things. The pictures are from the orphanage (mother's love) my host mom runs on weekends. Its always a great time-the kids are crazy fun to hang around with. I start work tomorrow-classes are officially over. Look for lots and lots of pictures from Kibera in the next few days.

Also, in case you care-preview of the forthcoming blogpost-
1. More details about the research I'm doing on cell phone potential for grass roots outreach and human rights protection
2. More on tribe, ethnicity, etc.
3. A book recently came out called its our turn to eat, about the corruption in the Kenyan gov't-apparently its de facto banned in the country, and I've been trying to get my hands on it.
4.General details about working in Kibera.
5. Learning Sheng