During my August safari to Kenya we will visit these cats with the Ewaso Lion Project. There is one spot left for this journey. Get more information HERE.
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On January 23rd I am taking Notes ‘N Totes from 3rd – 6th graders in America to exchange for letters from the same age kids in Tanzania; setting up a pen pal system for children there who have no access to the internet.
More than 300 children who are passionate about sharing their solutions for environmental issues have already signed on.
I am trying to raise $500 for shipping and drivers costs. Small amounts go a long way and you will get a HUGE thank you from me for a $10 contribution or a $100 one. You can donate by clicking HERE
ASANTE SANA for any help you can provide.
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While watching my plastic bag clean up program this child wanted me to see his solution:
A soccer ball made entirely from plastic bag litter. On January 23rd I am taking Notes ‘N Totes from 3rd – 6th graders in America to exchange for letters from the same age kids in Tanzania; setting up a pen pal system for children there who have no access to the internet.
More than 300 children who are passionate about sharing their solutions for environmental issues have already signed on.
I am trying to raise $500 for shipping and drivers costs. Small amounts go a long way and you will get a HUGE thank you from me for a $10 contribution or a $100 one. You can donate by clicking HERE
ASANTE SANA for any help you can provide.
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Africa is my source for lessons in simplicity. This photo reminds me of one of those lessons. I’m leading a tour in Uganda and the group is excited by a brochure at our bed and breakfast in Jinja. The advertisement says this town is famous for the ‘Source of the Nile ‘. Our hour long drive to see the tourist attraction winds through lush tea and coffee plantations, finally turning onto a dirt road that ends atop a grassy knoll. “Where are we?” I ask the driver guide. “At the source of the Nile,” he replies.
I look around for sign boards, other tourists, a path leading to the river. But there is nothing. Then out of the bushes the boy in this photograph appears holding a stick with an attached poster board with large letters that say, “The Source of the Nile”. He jams the stick into the dirt and motions for us to form a semi circle around him and his prop. After a couple of minutes of historical fact telling he apologizes for not having any cokes for us to drink.”When my family gets money we will be serving cold cokes,” he tells us, “and building a proper cement parking lot, and platforms for viewing so more tourists will come see the source.” When he points to the ripple in the river I imagine John Speke discovering this source back then almost exactly like it remains today. As we drive away the boy yanks his stick out of the ground and disappears into the bushes and I secretly hope his family will never get the money to ‘develop’ this significantly simple spot.
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Wangari Maathai died on September 25th at the age of 71. I met her briefly in 2007 long after she had been a mentor and inspiration to me because she represented what Jane Goodall, my other mentor, always says: “One person can make a difference.” 
“It’s the little things citizens do. That’s what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees,” Wangari said of her Green Belt Movement, which grew into a global reforestation organization. “Environmental degradation and poverty are intimately connected,… the [simple] act of planting a tree is a symbol of revitalizing the community,” said Wangari.
Despite growing up in Kenya – Wangari’s husband divorced her under the grounds that he could not control her, the President called her crazy and a threat to national security, and she was imprisoned, beaten and tear gassed for her various humanitarian and environmental efforts- she never stopped working for what she believed in, winning a Nobel Peace Prize in 2004, the first African Women to do so.
It was a quote from Wangari (at the time she was serving as Assistant Minister of the Environment in Kenya) in a Tanzanian newspaper: “malarial mosquitoes breed in the plastic bag litter,” that helped propel me into action on my plastic bag clean up campaign. She has inspired millions of people, including me, to keep doing our little things.
Thank you Wangari.
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IF YOU HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO GO TO AFRICA –WAIT NO LONGER !
THIS TRIP GOES TO MY FAVORITE PLACES IN KENYA FOR
A NINE DAY EXPERIENCE YOU WILL NEVER FORGET (ONLY THREE SPOTS LEFT)
KENYA FRIENDS TRIP
AUGUST 21-30, 2012
Trip highlights:
–Maasai Mara National Reserve- the most famous safari destination in Africa.
–Wildebeest Migration in the Mara
–Samburu National Reserve-home to species unique to this region
–Masaii and Samburu tribes – visits to their bomas
–Lions- we will spend time with researchers tracking lion
–Giraffe Center- we will visit this unique manor and giraffe sanctuary
–Sheldrick Center- meet the orphan baby elephants as seen in Sept issue of Nat Geo
–Out of Africa – visit the home of Karen Blixen where the movie was filmed
– Luxury tented camps intimately connected to nature and wildlife
–first class food and service
–Limited to eight, this trip will truly be a once-in-a-life-time experience.
I hope you will join me.
View photos and stories from past trips at:
http://africainside.org/
For the detailed itinerary and costs please contact me at africainside@gmail.com or on (805) 453-1251
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Africa Inside was just nominated for the Liebster Blog Award!
Liebster means “friend” or “beloved” in German, and the award is meant to bring recognition to quality bloggers who have a following of less than 200 people. I am so honored that my friend Becky Aaronson, whose blog An Improbable Life (animprobablelife.com) is one of my favorite sites, would nominate Africa Inside.
As a recipient of the award I have to nominate five other bloggers for this honor. I will post those soon.
Thank you Becky.
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This creative advertizing campaign from the charity Born Free uses images of animals to make clear that ‘loss of habitat’ represents the same type of disenfranchisement seen in people who are homeless. 
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