Demonstration in Nakuru

I went to Kenya last week to learn a little bit about a water project from a group called Running Water International.  Their office is based in a polytechnic in Nakuru, which is a kind of technical college where students learn vocational skills such as masonry, welding or carpentry.  Isaac showed me around and told me about all their work and introduced me to the technician, Mr. Kamau.

After I learned about the work that they do there, Mr. Kamau asked me about the machine that I was carrying with me.  I pulled out the maize sheller and asked if he wanted to see how it worked, and he emphatically said yes.

We set to work on attaching the sheller to the bicycle that they had at the workshop.  The bike was pretty rusty, but we didn’t have any problems.  As we worked, more and more students started to gather around and watch us working.  They were asking lots of questions and seemed pretty impressed with the machine.  There was no maize in the area, so they couldn’t get a sense of the machine’s speed, but they admired the simplicity of it.

Kamau tried to convince me to leave the machine with him, but I regrettably had to take it back because I needed it for another demonstration.  I am definitely excited to go back to Nakuru and I envision a lot of potential there down the line.

Daniel | Kenya