Graduating a Champion

On Thursday night, Dec 10, Doug and I attended a dinner for the families of EARTH University graduates at EARTH President Jose Zaglul’s home in Guacimo, Costa Rica.  It was hard to believe that just three years and 11 months ago, I had been present at a similar dinner...

This Heart of Yours, Mama Rungu

Eustace and I departed Rekero Camp after a pleasant breakfast and a tour of the camp by Jackson.  The extraordinary amount of game in the region makes Rekero a very special place.  In and around this Talek River-fronted camp are hippos, crocodiles and elephants; a...

Elephants!

It was the sound of flapping that woke me.  I assumed it was a large bird, an owl perhaps, flying up with its prey to the branches above my tent.  But the noise got louder and it was close – grunting, breaking, tearing, ripping and munching sounds on all sides. ...

Drunk British Soldiers

The last bit of business in Nanyuki was to do some house-hunting.  BOMA needs a more permanent set-up for housing our BOMA Fellows and interns and we are looking for a place that is large enough to provide housing as well as accommodate our office.  Most importantly,...

Mombasa’s Dad

John Ahalei Lomurut, known as Mombasa here in Kenya, is one of The BOMA Project’s five Agents of Change students attending EARTH University in Costa Rica.  In December, John will be the first Kenyan to graduate from EARTH and he represents one of our best investments...