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An American Girl in Mozambique

A blogging friend is currently doing work for an NGO in Mozambique.

Kelli is an American girl with an African heart, and when she returns to Arizona later this summer (or winter, depending on where you live), she has promised to guest post on eLuckypacket and tell us all, not only about her work in Moz, but about the time she spent touring Malawi last month.

The minute I came across her blog, I knew I’d found a kindred spirit — Kelli is exuberant, carefree and passionate about so many things. And she really does take time to make others feel important.

An excerpt from her post yesterday:

“I went through my backpack and found red nail polish. Amelia (14) and I sat at the kitchen table. She smiled wildly as I painted her fingernails.

I suppose there are certain universal truths to being a teenage girl. You want security. You want to feel pretty. You want to be smart and well-taken care of. You want to be loved. This teenage girl wants to be able to take care of her siblings. And I even managed to find her some new underwear and a half-full bottle of Dove body spray that made her jump up and down in delight. If only all of her wishes were so easily granted.

I wish for her to stay in school, be able to keep the boys away, go to church and be the recipient of a fabulous stroke of luck that keeps her from sickness and further sorrow as an orphan raising a family.”

Here is the rest of Kelli’s post. I look forward to her sharing more of her travels and work with us!
 

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Posted: June 30th, 2008

Categories: Arts & culture, Fashion & beauty, Body, mind & spirit, From around the world, Travel & leisure

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