writeaboutwarming

A woman by the name of Kathleen Colson has been leading trips to Kenya for more than 25 years.   President of her own company, African Safari Planners, Colson’s ties to the country run deep.   In 2005, M.P. Joseph Lekuton asked Colson, a long-time friend, to accompany him on a trip to Northern Kenya.   The pastoral homelands in this part of Kenya have been devastated by severe and recurring drought, the result of climate change.   Lekuton knew that once Colson had seen the irreparable harm herself, she’d be motivated to act. Lekuton was right.   For the next two years, Kathleen returned time and again to Laisamis District in Northern Kenya, with Lekuton’s aide Kura Omar acting as her guide and translator.   His was important work, because Colson was there to listen.   In countless villages, she learned about challenges the women faced when their husbands took livestock herds farther and farther away, looking for places to graze.   Sh...