One childs' village

Abstract

I have always felt strongly about the issues surrounding poverty and the fact that such an advanced civilized age as ours would still see more than half the population of the planet living on less than $2 dollars a day. So it was without hesitation that I accepted an opportunity to travel to Kenya in April 2005 to participate in the 4th Annual International Conference on “Africa and Globalization for the Common Good: The Quest for Justice and Peace”. My hope was to deliver a message about the interdependence and interconnectedness of all of humanity, and the need to share the resources of the world more equitably. What I received, however, was an opportunity to bring life to that message in a very real and concrete way.