Dear Friends and Family,
Greetings to all of you. Joe and I are doing well and we are back in Mwatate in the Taita-Taveta district in the Coast Province of Kenya. We traveled back here from Lamu on January 14 and have been busy at the Taita International School ever since. We are reunited with the Mjomba family and we are very happy to be together. I have been continuing with my research and have been guest-teaching in the geography classes for the secondary school students. Joe has been busy building a new classroom building for the students at TIS. The school has received over 70 students for the new year ranging from nursery school students (3-4 year olds) to Form 3 students (11th grade of high school). We are happy to be staying at the school and to be involved in the growth of this important community institution.
I will be sending another message in a few days with more details of the current situation in Kenya regarding the post-election violence. For now, I would like to refer you to two resources for more information on Kenyan politics and the humanitarian crisis. The first resource is the Daily Nation, Kenya's Daily Newspaper, which has included informative reporting and commentary on the crisis:
www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/
The second resource is Pambazuka News, a weekly online newsletter on social justice in Africa. There are some great articles posted there this week critiquing the use of the word "tribe" and other dangerous and pervasive myths in international reporting on Kenya's post election crisis. Please read more at
www.pambazuka.org/en/
Also, I have an article that was just published on the Ohio University Research Communications website about my research in Kenya and Tanzania. You may read this article "Grad student examines women's issues in Kenya" at
news.research.ohiou.edu/notebook/index.php?item=449
There is a related article, "What Climate Change Means to Africa," posted on the same site. This article describes a research project on climate change in the Mt. Kilimanjaro region, which I was involved in last summer.
news.research.ohiou.edu/notebook/index.php?item=448
Greetings to all of you. Joe and I are doing well and we are back in Mwatate in the Taita-Taveta district in the Coast Province of Kenya. We traveled back here from Lamu on January 14 and have been busy at the Taita International School ever since. We are reunited with the Mjomba family and we are very happy to be together. I have been continuing with my research and have been guest-teaching in the geography classes for the secondary school students. Joe has been busy building a new classroom building for the students at TIS. The school has received over 70 students for the new year ranging from nursery school students (3-4 year olds) to Form 3 students (11th grade of high school). We are happy to be staying at the school and to be involved in the growth of this important community institution.
I will be sending another message in a few days with more details of the current situation in Kenya regarding the post-election violence. For now, I would like to refer you to two resources for more information on Kenyan politics and the humanitarian crisis. The first resource is the Daily Nation, Kenya's Daily Newspaper, which has included informative reporting and commentary on the crisis:
The second resource is Pambazuka News, a weekly online newsletter on social justice in Africa. There are some great articles posted there this week critiquing the use of the word "tribe" and other dangerous and pervasive myths in international reporting on Kenya's post election crisis. Please read more at
Also, I have an article that was just published on the Ohio University Research Communications website about my research in Kenya and Tanzania. You may read this article "Grad student examines women's issues in Kenya" at
There is a related article, "What Climate Change Means to Africa," posted on the same site. This article describes a research project on climate change in the Mt. Kilimanjaro region, which I was involved in last summer.
I am trying to post photos on my blog soon. Please bear with me as I am technologically-challenged re: digital photos.....
Take care and keep in touch,
Sincerely,
Cat
Catherine Cutcher
Ph.D. Student
Fulbright Scholar in Kenya
Cultural Studies Program
College of Education
Ohio University
email: cutcher@ohio.edu
"You gain strength, courage, and confidence
by every experience in which you really
stop to look fear in the face ....
Do the thing you think you cannot do."
- Eleanor Roosevelt
1 comment:
Hey Cat and joe, glad you're doing OK, and are able to provide updates!
On a different note, how come the news links are missing from your post?
Take care and all the very best to you!
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