Masai Mara

This weekend our group is headed to Masai Mara.
After a peaceful referendum, people here are overjoyed. It looks like the new consitution will be voted in. At the moment 65% of the votes are pointing to YES!
Our group is working intently on our human rights project. We are coalescing all of the various interviews and research we completed in Loitokitok and will then work out what action we might take. It is looking as though issues such as food security, safety, and access to resources and information might take precedence over the boarding school. But, it is too early to predict the outcome of uor human rights project. In my opinion, the process here is just as important as the outcome because one of the main foci of this course is on approaching human rights in an ethical, thoughtful manner. Therefore, it is less important to rush into a "solution" and more important to proceed ethically and thoughtfully, all the while focused on what may be an effective, viable, sustainable outcome that does benefit and further the human rights of the local community. This must be done in strong partnership, or accompaniment, and not "imposed" by us as outsiders! That is what I appreciate most about this project - the opportunity to learn in a hands-on manner all of the development and human rights theory I have been studying for the past 2 years.
Have a great end of the week. I will post photos of the safari upon our return.