The Adventures of Kenny & Erica: The Dubai Pimps

Chondo Mwatengele

Kenya, Chigato

AGE: 16
SCHOOL: Mwache
COUNTRY: Kenya
REGION: Kenya
CITY/VILLAGE: Chigato
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Mwache is located in Kinango District in rural Kenya. Most people in this region rely on livestock and mixed farming. The environment is very arid and often there is a deficit in household food sources.
Household sizes are large, with an average of 6-8 members. The learning environment for students in Mwache is generally difficult due to food and economic insecurity.
Furthermore, a severe lack of desks has required many students to learn on the ground or by sitting on uncomfortable stones.
Trivani is partnering with Koins for Kenya to provide desks to Mwache Primary School, which guarantees to provide a better setting for attention and overall performance of our sponsored student.

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Friday, January 16, 2009

The Dubai Pimps

Kenny has been playing softball here in Dubai since shortly after we arrived.
During the summer months they call it the "sauna league" where everyone that can stand the heat comes out for a bit of practice and if enough people show up they will throw together a game.

But as the heat cools off the regular season begins.
During the 07-08 season Kenny played with a team called the Dubai Pimps.

This team should have been called the Bad News Bears. It was made up of guys that barely knew each other, some who hadn't played in years if ever and needless to say they weren't especially good at the start.

What did happen though is we made some of the best friends we could ever have imagined on softball nights. People we spend a great deal of time with to this day.

While they didn't win very many games, we had the loudest cheering section (next to the Filipino team in the b league) and a fantastic time at the ballpark every week.

Here are some of the shots of the last game Kenny played with them before our quick departure of Dubai in March.