I received a very funny ‘food miles’ related email from a friend in England who said:
‘I have been following your blog and am delighted by your buy Kenyan campaign. I seek out Kenyan things at the supermarket, which is such a relief as the local products are always so dodgy and old looking that it is nice to have an excuse not to buy them!’
How refreshing!
Talking of food, I just received a text message from our former night watchman with HIV who lives in Kibera:
‘Good afternoon? We are ok, we managed to get food from Moi foundation again (the last lot was looted from their home in the post election troubles). We also acknowledge your constant support. Safe drive all day.’
That last bit reminds me of the time he waggled his finger at me for chatting on my phone as we pulled out of our gate at home one day.
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What is the relevance of his HIV status? Or is it a 'casually' thrown in comment to make yourselves feel better for helping the poor AFricans again?????
ReplyDeleteIf you read back through the blog you will learn that his HIV status is relevant. In fact his approach to living with his HIV status has never been less than heroic, especially considering he has minimal income and lives in the slums.
ReplyDeleteHe receives free anti retroviral drugs from AMREF, he and his wife have trained as HIV awareness councellors, he receives food from the Moi Foundation. His support network falls short when he or his wife get sick and they cannot afford medication, or when they need to do regular immune system testing, or if one month they just can't cover the rent - which, historically, is where we have come in.
But then again, why should I care?!
mind your language, it help in saving lot of time in explaining. whichever the case you should care just as a human being only......
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