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My Trip to a Masai Village – Kenya
On our most recent trip to my birthplace, Kenya, my bf and I were invited to visit a Masai village. I have been around many Masai before, but never spent a whole day with them on their turf. It was a life changing experience. The way they have stayed true to who they are and the values they hold dear in a world that is ever changing is truly inspiring. It’s always a treat to be reminded that less is very often more: family and a sense of community is all we really need, and traditions are sacred, and worth fighting for. Oh, and a simple balloon or lolly is enough to make a child’s day!
Smelling the Summer
As summer approaches and I start to bring out my bikinis, all the wonderful memories of my trip to Kenya last Christmas come flooding back. AS some of you know, I was born in Kenya and it’s a very special place to me. Here is a little window into my trip to the Kenyan coast and the “Beach Essentials” I always pack.
Some images by Jeffrey Doornbos.
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Also tagged Beach essentials, Fedora, Fresco towel, Goorin Bros, Josie Maran, n.d.c. sandals, Oliver Peoples
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Our Date with The Elephants – Kenya
A journey to Kenya might seem like the trip of a life-time, but being Kenyan born, it has been a place where I have often returned. A regular article found in my bag, is a can of condensed milk. Not for me, or my long-time friends and family who still live there, but for elephant calves at the Sheldrick Orphanage in Nairobi. Established in 1977 by Dame Daphne Sheldrick, the orphanage rescues, rehabilitates, and returns to the wild, elephant calves from all over Kenya.
These calves have been orphaned due to poaching, and inadvertent run-ins with humanity, such as falling in wells. Over the years, I have “fostered” many of these orphans, and have watched them with the general public, as they are escorted back in after a long day of grazing, to receive a bottle of condensed milk.
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But this year, aside from having the pleasure of bringing my boyfriend “home” with me, to visit my native land, we had the great honor of a private “backstage” tour at Sheldrick, walking with the elephants, and their individual keepers, through the surrounding Acacia groves.
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Seeing the commitment of the keepers, who live with them 24 hours a day (and even sleep in the stalls with their assigned calves), birthed a commitment from my boyfriend, and cemented my own, to support the calves and their keepers. While the fight to protect the Kenyan wild-life from the evils of poaching, and from the ever encroaching environs of modernity, might seem so difficult, getting involved has never been easier. For a small donation of $50.00, an elephant or rhinoceros calf can be fostered, by visiting www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.
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Some photos courtesy of Jeffrey Doornbos – www.jeffreydoornbos.com