Jacob Siegel's presentation on his volunteer experience in Kanyawegi, Kenya in 2007

1. Working and Living in Kenya
June – July 2007
Jacob Siegel

2. BACKGROUND
The Kenya Project runs under “Global Initiative for Village
Empowerment” (GIVE)
Founded in 2006 by UBC students wanting to provide HIV/AIDS
education in Kenya
Immediately, the founders struck a friendship and partnership with
a PhD student at UBC who had helped found “Kanyawegi Support for
Orphans and Widows” (KASOW) – a grassroots organization in rural
Kenya

3. WHY KANYAWEGI?
Poor village in Nyanza province on the shore of Lake Victoria

4. WHY KANYAWEGI?
Nyanza Province has HIV/AIDS prevalence rate of between 10% -
27%
National rate is 6%
Poverty rate in Kanyawegi is 70%