The Durhams go to Africa

This is the blogspot for the Durham's trip to Africa in fall 2006. We are taking an overland trip to east Africa, visiting Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and possibly, Rwanda or Congo. Some highlights from the trip: the Rift Valley, Mountain gorillas, Serengeti, Kilimanjaro, rafting the Nile and the island of Zanzibar.

Friday, September 15, 2006

Farm in Nakuru


We got the chance to tour a local farm in Nakuru. It was adjacent to the camps where we stayed. There were a lot of baby cows (Todd says they are actually called "calves," but I call them baby cows.) and horses, etc. The coolest part was that we got to tour the worksite of the Kinana Knitters, a Kenyan women's community knitting group that now distributes their products to the US, Canada and Japan. They pull the wool off their own sheep, dye it using organic Dahlia and beet root from the farm and clean it, dry it and knit it right there. The women also get the opportunity to take computer classes, learn English and make some money for their families. It was amazing to see and I wish I'd have had the chance to buy something from them. Maybe on the way back through. In the meantime, Google them. Kinana Knitters - Nakuru, Kenya.

1 Comments:

At 12:37 AM, Blogger Knitstress Mary said...

I am googling them right now. That sounds so great, I probably would not have left there, I would have sit with the women and learned some of their techniques. Be safe, GM is not having a good day today. I will keep you informed.

 

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