Some Experiences Change Us Our Perspective on the World We Live In. Come with Us Be Changed
JUNE 2023: trip of 10-14 days is our goal. A Week in Rural Kenya Countryside 3 - 5 Days Safari of Choice There are many reasons you may have thought it was out of reach. We hope to make this possible, comfortable and rewarding for you. The trip length may depend on some of your own choices about Safaris or trips to special places to visit. Spend days walking local roads, meeting families and the homebound, visiting school classrooms, the village markets and local churches.
.Service In the Village .The location is Malakisi in Western Kenya among the rolling hills in the shadow of Mount Elgon. You cost is travel, food and the assistance of property caretakers. We will host you in our village at the farm of the Episcopal church. This is the time to contribute your hands and heart to the community.. People from the countryside feel honored that you have come to their village. Whatever skills you have: teaching soccer or volleyball, playing chess or checkers, teaching them some nutrition or food preparation, carpentry, or working in the gardens, teaching coding, doing an art, music or writing project. All are welcomed
Bring your skills to rural Kenyan youth and their families, whether it is as a teacher, a health care worker, or just bring yourself. Read stories to children, teach them music, show them how to sew, or play soccer or build fitness. Visit with the disabled.
Talk to adolescent girls about their lives and future.
Plant some trees or assist in planting and harvesting crops
Visit the local schools to share your expertise and personal stories
SAFARI OPTIONS The choices are yours. We will be assist in the arrangements, choosing the wildlife you want to see and the cost you can afford. Here are game reserves and conservancies:
The LEWA CONSERVANCY north of Mt. Kenya near Meru. At this park these is a lodge inside the park where you can wake up in the morning and be among the wildlife. http://www.lewa.org
SWEETWATER GAME RESERVE Near Mount Kenya: https://www.olpejetaconservancy.org/ol-pejeta-escapes/tented-camps-lodges/sweetwaters-serena-camp/The 24,000 Acres SweetWaters Game Sanctuary is currently part of the Ol Pejeta conservancy. Formerly called Ol Pejeta Ranch it was a cattle ranch for breeding of beef cattle. One of the attractions of SweetWaters is the history behind. The ranch was founded by Lord Delamere. The ownership of the ranch has changed hands severally since 1949 when John Kenyon took over the management. Next in line was John Kenyon’s old sc SALT LICK LODGE: in TSAVO EAST TAITA https://saltlicksafarilodge.com/ For decades Salt Lick Safari Lodge has been one of Kenya’s flagship lodges, famed for being among the World’s Most Photographed Lodges. A favourite amongst travellers in search of luxury accommodation, Salt Lick Safari Lodge is a luxurious safari escape set in the heart of the Taita Hills Wildlife Sanctuary overlooking a waterhole and the vast Tsavo plains. . Maasai Mara: Amboseli and Arusha or launching sports for Safaris into the Ngorogoro Crater.
Please contact us at kenyatrip@smallsolutionsbigideas.org http://smallsolutionsbigideas.org….. or call us at (617) 320-1098. We will be getting a group together in the next 2 months. Sandra Thaxter President: Small Solutions Big Ideas. a 501c3 Charitable Organization.