On day 6, we got up early to prepare for an event to bring awareness to girls needing assistance to stay in school. Freedom For Girls is an organization that provides sanitary products to girls once they've started puberty. Most often, girls have to make one of two choices once they've started their periods. They either drop out of school, or sell their bodies to earn money to buy the sanitary products so they can stay in school. Just $5 provides a girl with products for a year. The only real way out of the slums is with an education. This event was put on for the wives of ambassadors, diplomats and high commissioners as well as other successful women in the country. People who can help support the organization through financial help and advocacy.
Once we were finished with the event, we hopped on a 12 seater plane and headed out to
Masai Mara for a safari trip. Once we landed, we jumped into big jeeps that headed straight out to the mass open space where we began to see the animals. It was so exciting and we had to stop and take pictures at every animal we saw. The guide said that the hardest animal to find is the rhinoceros which, we had the joy of seeing in the first hour. The rhino actually started to charge our jeep so the guide quickly backed up and turned the jeep around. Apparently, rhinos like their privacy. That was so cool!
The most common animals to see are zebras, wildebeests, warthogs and gazelles. They were everywhere and not at all shy. We had to exit the preserve before sundown so we headed to our hotel, which provided us with big tents with real beds covered with mosquito nets and a real bathroom. The next day we headed back out and saw just about everything we had hoped for. In the two days, we saw elephants, lions, baboons, zebras, giraffes, hippos, a cheetah and many more. We also got to see the people from a Masai tribe that live in the preserve. They still dress in their traditional wear. The whole time I kept feeling so grateful. So incredibly thankful. It's is something I have always dreamed of doing and there I was- amidst those beautiful wild animals in their natural habitat. I just wish my family was with me to experience it.
I am amazed at God's detail. Life happens on the other side of the world and I feel so blessed to get to see it.
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