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Hall '13 & Lees '13 Donate Skills in Aremiet, kenya
MasonHall'13wasintheBelfastCoop
in Belfast, Maine, when he noticed a
booth for a nonprofit organization called
Expanding opportunities and quickly found
himself volunteering to go to a tiny, out-of-the
way area of Kenya to help at a rural school. He
contacted his classmate, kevin Lees '13, and
the two agreed that the project was worthwhile
and would expand not only the opportunities for
Kenyan children but also their own horizons. The
two men contacted their friends, Shelby Farrel
and Marley Smith, to invite them to join the
adventure.
In Aremiet, they each worked according to his
or her strengths. Mason and Kevin were marine
transportation majors at MMA so they used their
construction and problem-solving skil s to work
on an irrigation project "to capture and reuse
precious gray water to hydrate the life-sustain-
ing school garden. Because of the incredibly
severe desert climate of Aremiet, it is absolutely
necessary that every drop of water be used in a
productive manner," according to Mason. Shelby,
an MBA student and former teacher, taught
classes on culture, math, and language at the Gor-
don Clem Academy. Mason said that Marley, a
Mason Hall '13 (back row, left) next to Kevin Lees '13 (back row) with their Kenyan high school students & their friends,
pre-med student, worked at the clinic in Aremiet
Marley Smith and Shelby Farrell (front row). Photo courtesy of M Hall.
"assisting a government nurse in her overwhelm-
ing task of caring for the local population, many
of whom were suffering parasitic diseases from
drinking the unclean river water because the only
wel was broken."
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After helping out at the high school, the four
of them moved to a smaller area called Nakuru
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where they interacted with children whose cir-
cumstances prevented them from living at home.
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Many of the parents were nomadic camel, donkey,
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or goat herders. Mason stated, "They were some
of the kindest and most interesting children we
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ever encountered." Kevin and Mason worked with
the groundskeeper to improve the garden and
pump water while the women worked on math
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