The Way Across
A small bridge run over a river on a dirt road near Kapsabet, Kenya.
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From the Market
A girl pushes her bicycle on the way from a roadside market near Naivasha, Kenya.
Christmas Luggage
A packed matatu on Haile Selassie Avenue in Nairobi travels to rural Kenya over Christmas 2009. Holiday travel is big in Kenya with many urban dwellers leaving the city to visit friends and relatives in farms and holiday destinations all across the country.
How Much to My House?
A woman passenger negotiates with a “bodaboda” taxi driver on the outskirts of Eldoret Town.
Amongst the Palm Trees
A winding path through a forest of palm trees in Kinango District at the Kenyan Coast.
Heading Home
A woman in a blue buibui dress walks down a path in Soy, Kenya near Eldoret.
A Helping Hand
A young boy assists his friend with some luggage in the outskirts of Eldoret Town.
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An Uphill Task
AGRICULTURE-AFRICA: Calls for Sustainable Green Revolution
By Wambi Michael
KAMPALA, Jul 4, 2009 (IPS) – Africa needs a Green Revolution, but one that will increase agricultural productivity by using practices that build soil fertility while minimising harm to the environment.
Organic farmers, traders and researchers from are pushing organic agriculture as suitable for Africa because it is based [...]
These Hard Times
That funny kind of dress you wear,
Leaves all your back and shoulders bare,
But you’re lucky to be dressed up to there,
In these hard times.
Photo Credit: Two small girls purchase goods at a little kiosk (duka) along Kenya’s Rift Valley near Burnt Forest.
A Family That Farms Together…
The Days of Small Beginnings
Joshua’s family are amazing, an example of small but significant contributions to the challenges that face Africa today. They have banded together to develop a cooperative small holder cooperative farming venture for their community in Western Kenya. Despite the fact that this is an affluent middle class, urban family, they have [...]
Master of the Cart
A man controls a cart being led by a pair of donkeys at the Kiminini Market in Western Kenya.
Where You Lead, I Will Follow
A young girl follows her elder sister in Eldoret North constituency outside the village of Soy.
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