In an effort to help orphaned children in Africa and give them
comfort, three Southern Illinois missionaries traveled to Kenya to lend
their skills.
Ken Rowe, Larry Uehle and his son, Stephen, all of
Dongola, traveled to Kenya to help build beds for an orphanage that is
under construction as part of the Crying Children of Africa Project in
the Kijabe region.
“These kids, they don’t even have beds,” said Rowe.
Rowe,
who spent 43 years in the creative department at The Southern
Illinoisan, was given the opportunity to put his carpentry skills to
work helping orphans in Kenya.
As planning for the trip began,
Rowe learned electricity could be sporadic and much of the carpentry
work would have to be done with hand tools.
With a duffle bag
filled with 50 pounds of saws, chisels and hand drills, Uehle requested
Rowe pack a 12-inch table saw blade at the last minute.
The men
went to help Simon Muhota, a pastor and director of the orphanage.
Muhota is helping 17 orphans, but ultimately aims to help 60. Many of
the children were orphaned because of AIDS or ethnic cleansing.
http://cryingchildrenofafrica.org/
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