TRIP TO REMEMBER! Kenya (Northern Rangeland Trust-NRT area) March 13-21, 2025 Won't you join me? I will be traveling to Kenya to distribute solar lights March 13-21, 2025. I am a member of the Rotary Club of Goodyear PebbleCreek. This will be my 4th trip to Kenya. Not only do we give a solar light to families, but we teach them a financial literacy curriculum of how to save old money (money previously used to buy kerosene or batteries) and earn new money (entrepreneurial endeavors). Another member from our club (GYPC) will be joining the team and I’d like to get one or two more Rotarians from District 5495 to also join. Watts of Love (WOL) will be making all in-country travel arrangements and will be leading the team (including the founder of WOL). There will be approximately 10 on the travel team. The families have already been identified based on need. Sixteen of the lights (boxes) will have a Student of the Month name on them from Millennium & Desert Edge High Schools and given to a family in their names. September and October’s have already been awarded. November’s will be named next week (11/4). It’s pretty cool. In-country costs - $2400; Includes transportation, lodging, meals, training, t-shirt, possible excursions. We will be staying at a Conservancy in Northern Kenya (NRT), so it is a safari-type landscape. Fundraising - Usually each team member is responsible for raising $3000 for lights. However, ours will be discounted. If we have three Rotarians, it would be $1600 each or a collaborative effort of $5000. I already have friends offering to donate money for the lights. It won’t be difficult. A portion of the lights for this trip is part of a District Grant received by the GYPC Club. Airfare – we make our own RT travel arrangements (coordinating with the group leaving from Chicago). I think my RT ticket last March was around $1500-$1600. Let’s help in “lighting the way” out of poverty for at least 500 families. It’s empowering, it’s sustainable, it’s possible! To learn more about Watts of Love, please visit their website – wattsoflove.org | 
