Meaningful Mentors...
Reports of famine in the Horn of Africa have recently focused global attention on the Northern region of Kenya where the KEF does some of its most important work. Nomadic tribes like the Boran, Rendille, Somali and Samburu dominate this vast and arid land. AK-47's are ubiquitous as goats. Cattle-rustling (theft) that leads to tribal clashes are common. Al Shabaab, the Somali terrorist group linked to Al-Qaeda, is rumored to be present in the region. In July I traveled to Kenya where the KEF held a series of Student Mentoring Workshops for our scholars who both school and live in these areas. While the point of the workshops is to supplement their formal curriculum with guidance counseling and valuable lessons on life skills, they also offer our scholars - all of whom attend many different high schools - the opportunity to meet and get to know each other as fellow KEF brothers and sisters. This newsletter is dedicated to bringing you, our supporters, images and video from these workshops. They are scenes of camaraderie, hope and smiles - all of which are in short supply outside the gates of these workshops.  
 
Bill Moseley, the geographer, once said that, "U.S. interests are best served through development and poverty alleviation in other parts of the world." I think of this quote each time the KEF enrolls another student in school, especially in this part of Kenya. Each KEF scholar equals one less person who will resort to guns, hate and violence to survive. And it is all made possible because of YOU. With endless gratitude, Bradley Broder Executive Director | 
