ThirdWorldFootsteps: My Final Thoughts

Well, that's it. It's all over, and we are all back safe and sound in the UK, getting ready for an early
night. What a fantastic, eye opening trip it was.

I thought it would be good for us all to share our final thoughts of the trip, Steven and Jim's to follow shortly.

It's been somewhat of a roller coaster for me, over coming personal challenges and barriers, and realising things about myself that I never thought possible. I am braver, yet so much weaker than I thought I was. I mean, I didn't freak out when a Grass Hopper made a home in my hair, and that is not like me at all.

The fantastic thing about the whole trip has been the ability to recognise the positives in desperate situations and to take encouragement from that.

I found many situations tough, like the complete disparity between the rich and the poor, the age of orphaned children who have had to fend for themselves from such an early age and the stories of the children who have not yet been lucky enough to have been positively affected through the feeding program.

There were times that I had to question things, as the problem is so vast, that the feeling could be of hopelessness. However, I realised there is not one single solution to world problems, each problem should be tackled with a sensitive bespoke approach. Working from the ground, alongside the people who need the help the most.

I am proud to say that The Solomon Project feeding program has seen a huge number of additional benefits to a child, other than that of nutrition. Children are coming off the streets, rehabilitating themselves from Drugs, excelling in education and attracting addition funding from other bodies to grow and develop the in school resource. Which, I have to say was probably never part of the original strategy, but creates such a natural synergy that it works so seamlessly.

I really feel it's time to think big about The Solomon Project and making people aware of both the problems and the solutions to child poverty in Eldoret, Kenya. This is why, it was a great privilege to work alongside some extremely creative colleagues out there, to capture the moments to share globally. Creating a virtual window in to a global world.

I am so happy that people are getting behind The Solomon Project and helping to make a difference to the daily lives of children in Eldoret, and I now have a heart to do the same.

Seeing the children has given me the pleasure of having my heart broken, as healing comes from a broken place first.