Fred Mango. My friend and part of the Raicatcher Team
Our adventure begins in Western Kenya. We are staying in Kisumu and the schools we visited are down broken, rich, red dirt roads hardly passable by car. An area where if you own a Donkey you're considered wealthy. There are 12 Schools in Bondo that are fortunate to have the Raincatcher systems. Children without them have to walk as far as 5KM to get contaminated, dirty water in buckets. We are greeted at every school, some have nearly 600 students. The students rush to the car singing, chanting, and dancing. They are warm and friendly, and so darn cute! 5 of the schools out here were donated to Raincatcher by actor Dennis Haysbert (The Unit, former President Palmer on 24, baseball fans know him as Pedro Serano) Dennis donated the raincatchers for his cast and crew on the Unit. Behind us is an example of the water tanks that store and filter the rainwater. So much more to see and do. I'll keep you all posted when internet service allows....(raincatcher.org)
