Kenya feel the love tonight?

This is my first blog post ever, as I am still a child of the 20th century ...from back in the days before people believed that the whole world was interested in peering at their every move like they were on TV. But we are all exhibitionists these days, so here we go...

I hope that our friends and family (or at least Sid's and my mothers, who are the only people that I know will actually read this regularly...Hi moms!) will keep up with us on our latest adventure, which is that we are moving to Kenya in September to work with an organization called One Acre Fund!

One Acre Fund is a non-profit organization that works with poor, chronically hungry people in rural Kenya and Rwanda. They provide basic farming tools and supplies on credit, teach families better farming practices, and connect them with markets to sell their produce. One Acre Fund families have the potential to grow 10 times more food and to make profits that will permanently lift them out of poverty. To see the impact of One Acre Fund's work, please visit their website or just check out the picture below.

The maize field on the left is One Acre Fund supported and field on the right is not. These fields were planted the same week!

Sid and I will be living in a rural town called Bungoma, which is located on the western side of the country near the Uganda border. I will be managing communications and administrative aspects of the organization and Sid will be heading up several software development projects. We will both be working toward the organization's shared goal of reaching 30,000 families in the next 3 years!

Please keep in touch with us during this amazing adventure, and please come and visit!