The trip, overall, was incredible. I had the chance to sit down with a Maasai warrior, on many occasions, and ask any questions I desired... and receive honest, proud answers in return. I walked into the trip petrified to facilitate with Sally, because frankly, she's a legend at FTC, and now I can say I wouldn't have had it any other way. I got the opportunity to facilitate any module I wanted to, or sit back and take notes as she facilitated ones I was too scared to. And in the end, I was able to learn and gain skills I may not have had I facilitated with someone else. But most importantly, I had the chance to see twenty-nine youth transform over the course of three weeks. I couldn't be more proud of the young people I traveled with, or more excited about their action plans and seeing how they will change the world.
However, at some point, we all need to come back to reality. While in Kenya, my reality was drought, famine, inequality... Here in Toronto, my reality is speech writing, We Day prep, and settling in to my new home. That being said, although our realities here in North America are very different than the realities in East Africa, it doesn't mean we can't work it into our realities. The most important thing we can each do, is educate us. If you take anything from these past few entries, I want it to be this article... Please take ten minutes and read last week's Global Voices in regards to the crisis in East Africa. Our brothers and sisters around the world are suffering, and we need to know the truth.
Now it's off to work on my own action plan... Kwa heri!
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