I didn’t believe it possible but I found this lady actually using a solar cooker in the Masai Mara! Made only of cardboard and tin foil this cooker fold up into a neat little package. It apparently cooks potatoes and … Read more →
Few things make Monday really special. Here’s a photo posted by Alen Wekesa on Twitter. Alen describes himself as a sassy Kenyan who loves advertising, music and the arts. iPhone, Twitter, Facebook junkie. Soon to be millionaire with a big … Read more →
While visiting a rural community in the dry bushlands of Elementata I met some Turkana women who were absolutely captivating Did you notice the creative head dresses? Zippers may have been invented in USA but nobody would have imagined they’d … Read more →
Google Earth is one way to appreciate the crush in Kibera, Africa’s largest slum. Not surprisingly popular images of people living in desperate conditions aren’t far from the truth when it comes to this corner of Nairobi – but out … Read more →
Or How to get your camel milk to market in 40 degree C climate. My brother Dominic Wanjihia invented this gadget which he calls Fine Lined Evaporative Cooler, for rural application in Somalia – the cooling of camels milk for … Read more →