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Hope in Kenya

Post a Comment » Written on September 20th, 2011     
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By Covenant missionaries Pete and Cindy Ekstrand

Eric

Eric is seven years old and is in first grade. He was constantly moved from one place to another as his family looked for a safe place to live. They have found peace in Kenya and have been welcomed with love by the Kitengela Covenant Church. Eric lives with his parents and five brothers and sisters, plus another five children who lost their parents in the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo so there are 13 people in his family. Eric is one of many Congolese refugee children who have arrived in Kenya over the last several years. Continue Reading »



Displaced Kenya farmers add to food woes

Post a Comment » Written on April 23rd, 2008     
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MOMBASSA, Kenya (CNN) — Kennedy Ombuki is a farmer. In normal times, he grows corn, maize, potatoes and peas on the green slopes near Molo. “They were export peas,” he says proudly.

But these are not normal times in Kenya, and Ombuki is bitter.

He is a refugee in his own country. “It is indeed sad to live in this camp when I have my farm. I am a beggar now,” he says outside his tent in a displaced camp in Molo town, on the edge of the Rift Valley.

He had to flee when a rival tribe raided his farm. They stole his corn and torched the fields. They even tore the tin roof off the house to sell as scrap metal. Video Watch Ombuki explain his plight »

Read the rest of the article here.

By CNN correspondent David McKenzie