World AIDS Day and Food Security

The event at Westgate last night was good. Lots of good info, good food, etc. MCC shared the evening with a local group called Focus Africa. They support a number of projects in Kenya, and MCC (through Ten Thousand Villages) has teamed up with them.

I think we kept our presentation close to the required time... it included a number of videos. Joshua shared about the food security work and how it is tied to Generations at Risk. The Food Security work helps people learn to produce their own food and it is a source of food for people who need it in this time of drought. Both angles are shown in this video... the second half is particularly conflicting for me... as people receive food and you see all the Canadian flags... and I know that it's good that we send food but, of course, our lifestyle has impact on so many people around the world.

Anyway, I was proud of Joshua who spent an hour lugging 50kg bags of beans off a big truck in the darkness. He came back exhausted and completely blackened by dust.

Maasai Food Security Program from darryl on Vimeo.