Memuti

Memuti is married to Nablo, has five children and lives at the foot of the Rift Valley Wall. He is a committed Christian and leader in the church whose wise counsel is greatly valued. He helps us with the Cow Project, looking after cows and advising us and has given us a small plot to demonstrate Foundations For Farming in his area.

Nosikito

Nosikito is a Maasai Christian woman who has a great heart for her people. She has a pastoral ministry in her community including two small churches and always has an open home. She is a widow with two adult sons and a daughter still in Secondary school. Although Nosikito didn't go to school herself, she has a sharp mind and has learnt to read as much as she needs to. She is very involved in all we do and is a key 'doorway' into the community.

Lekoko, Graham's right hand man on safari

Lekoko is a Maasai moran (warrior)of Il Korianga age set. He has worked for us as our night watchman for 7 years and now travels with Graham on all his Maasai trips, cooking, setting up the camp and interpreting both language and customs. He has also learnt the principles of Foundations for Farming and sets an excellent example on each demonstration plot to those Maasai who are more accustomed to putting the world to rights in the shade of a tree! He is here with his wife, Lande and their son Samwel

Land Rover - a man's best friend?

How hard can it be to take a 200Tdi engine out of an old Land Rover 110 and put it into a Land Rover 127 to replace its thirsty and increasingly sick V8? Simple said one expert, no problem said another, it’s just a question of lifting one out and putting the other in said the third. Should take you 3 or 4 days max said a knowing friend. And everyone agreed that it’s done all the time and is a simple job........................





Today is day number 15 and night number 6. By night I mean one of those days that starts at 8am and finishes after midnight. Those are the days when Graham is so tired that he grinds right through a vital cable.





And has it been simple? Perhaps we are the only people in the world who own a specially adapted Land Rover into which nothing, absolutely NOTHING, fits normally. So everything has been re-adapted, lengthened, shortened, twisted, bent, moved, new bits made and old bits cut out.

And what do I contribute? I take out endless cups of tea, adore, encourage, hold spanners and crawl underneath with a torch every now and then to retrieve washers or nuts that have dropped through so the work can carry on uninterrupted above.

And in 3 days time it needs to be ready for a bush trip with visitors who are arriving from the UK....................... simple, no problem, 3 days max!