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Welcome to Ambalona

Alpine Initiatives' second project is currently taking place in Madagascar. This project, founded a year and a half ago, is...

Thanksgiving " Board meeting"

JP, Lisa and Mikey's brother Brock apre ski.....All of us got together over thanksgiving to discuss next steps for the...

Karamana's Letters

Seems as all is going well with KACH and the gardens.... Here are a few excerpts from Karamana's recent lettersOctober...

Bikes and bikes part 2.

Since we've been staying at KACH, we don't make the commute from Makutano to Kithoka on our bikes.  We've been...

On our way to work.

This is one of my favorite pictures from the trip;  Glue bottle in hand, Kevin runs after Mikey at the...

Harambe = Togetherness

Fundraising is an event that happens all over the world; it takes different forms and is used for various reasons;...

Bikes and bikes.

This year, we welcomed three new members to our AI family in Meru.  The Amani Crusader, Kukukachoo The Locomo Bike,...

Tribute to the garden

One of my best memories form last October was pulling rocks out of the ground to get the garden started. ...

Duel at Sacred Lake

Up high near the base of mount Kenya the vegetation became somewhat reminiscent of home. A shepard lead us to...

Kids

I pretend that coming to Kenya and working is an easy venture, one that I don't need motivation for and...

school visit

We decided before arriving in Kenya that we were not that stoked on doing super touristy things. Instead, our interests...

Rock-Smash 2009

This is the part where we fill the foundation walls with medium-size rocks and compact them with sledge hammer before...