riots

Through the microfinance organization Kiva, I have made several loans to small businesses around the world, including in Kenya. These loans link me to these businesses, through good and bad times. And Kenya is definitely seeing bad times. Now I really have not been paying as much attention to the contested election and the riots in Kenya as I would have liked to, but they affect me through these loans.

The Ebony Foundation is a partner of Kiva that works in Kenya. Here is a report from the Ebony Foundation on what is happening in Kenya:

I wish to thank you for your continued concern and support during this very difficult moment in Kenya・s history. We have been a peaceful Country in a generally troubled region and people sort of took the peace for granted.

The country is now battered almost to a pulp and blood spilt with
vengeance, senseless killings and wanton destruction. Markets, food
stores and shops have been looted. Hospitals are dysfunctional and
health centers incapacitated by riots and barricades. The violence,
death and destruction witnessed in the Country for the last couple
weeks has jolted the Nation into conscience and every body is now
craving normalcy.

While peace is slowly returning to all affected parts of the Country,
the impact of the riots has been devastating. Hundreds of people have
been killed turning thousands of innocent children into helpless