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Oya Ore (Good Morning)!

We are excited to report that we have been here in Muhuru Bay for the past two weeks and in Kenya, going on three! In our time so far, we have been busy day in and day out adjusting to life here at the WISER site and jumping into our projects. Those of us working in schools have already observed much about education, through the WISERBridge tutoring program and English Enrichment initiatives, which begin work in new schools today. We are hoping to help raise standard 8 students' scores on the KCPE (exam for secondary school). Those of us working on health research on HIV/AIDS risk behavior and education, and malaria have been working with local teams and are making progress through collecting qualitative data. We are also teaching computer classes and developing microfinance programs, as well as beginning to plan for CampWISER, coming up in August.

Unfortunately, it appears that the modem is too slow to support the site's program for pictures so I cannot upload now, but I will write in more detail soon and also seek contributions from fellow Dukies here. If you are interested to read more please check out my personal blog at knowthisplanet.blogspot.com

Thanks for reading!

Hello all and welcome to the DukeEngage blog for all of us headed to Muhuru Bay, Kenya to work with WISER. Our placement runs from June 18-August 18, but our engagement will last a lifetime.

This is what I know: there are 12 of us going to work on a variety of projects (health and education initiatives, as well as microfinance start-up) with the Women's Insitute for Secondary Education and Research (please see www.wisergirls.org). The physical school is still being built, but our service in the community will contribute to the transition now.

Check in soon for the first updates from the ground!