Gregg (25, Kenya – East Africa)
I am very blessed and honored to be granted the opportunity to participate in the B:WM/Ride:Well Tour cross country ride and share the African story with the rest of the riders and society at large. I am deeply convinced that riding for some 3000 miles is not fun, but the mission of riding makes it worth the sacrifice. I live in Nairobi, Kenya and this country is very different from what it was some few months ago. Not every action brings us joy as expected, what looks good from far may just turn to be far from good. The general elections of December 2007 did not bring joy to many a community - as of now, the marginalized became more marginalized, some well to do persons found themselves hanging on a very thin rope that connects them to life. Things have been tough, children being born in wet/rainy IDP camps, thousands of persons living with HIV cannot get that important drug to lengthen their life for another day, children learn in the open grounds under scorching sun or rather call of classes when it starts raining! In the midst of all things, one more person gets infected with HIV, another is raped and left for dead, the very essence of human kind has just lost value. Today, 9 persons died in an IDP in Kisii, we are yet to establish – why, and even if we know why, that wont bring back life (investigations, prosecutions, incacerations doesnt bring back life)! The sanctity of human life …has lost value, and you and me have a duty, to reaffirm to those people who have suffered innocently – that all is not lost and there can be hope and fulfillment in the life beyond.
Hold it, catch up my blog here - http://ridewelltour.ning.com/profile/GreggMwendwa
“To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.” (Oscar Wilde) I cherish the truth that lies behind that remark. We cant afford to be spectators in life!