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are made of collected elastic bands. For many children an education is a ticket out of poverty. “Kibera Slum in Nairobi is the largest urban slum in Africa. The number of people living in the area is unknown. The slum is separated from the wealthy, high class part of the city by a wall. Emergency workers enter the slum with body guards for protection,” Michalek said. In 2015, lights were installed in the slum area in hopes of lowering the crime. Residents use a flying toilet consisting of a plastic bag containing human waste, which is thrown out the door into the streets. Streams are polluted with garbage and pigs, chickens and dogs run freely. Shacks resembling shops sell chips, chocolate bars and used clothing. Inside the slum is the Ebenezer Christian Ministries that operates a Good News Club providing child care and Bible studies. The ministry focuses on the prevention of sex trafficking and abuse prevalent in the area.
“Street boys, are a group of boys who call themselves family. They are not biologically related but collect together. The group care for each other but do not participate in gang activities. The boys live on the streets, sleep under the tables at the farmer’s market and eat discarded rotten produce,” Michalek said. Michalek also stated that many street boys were addicted to glue sniffing. Sniffing glue purchased from a local shoe factory is an attempt by the boys to cope with the pain and hunger they experience, she explained. Greeting by hand shaking is avoided to eradicate the spread of germs and is replaced with fist pumps. Rehabilitation of the youth includes ownership in a car wash obtained on a work-toown basis with groups of four to five youth in partnership. Michalek’s team included a medical contingent. In a one week period 500 children were received as patients of the clinic. Cases of malaria, mumps, water parasites and malnutrition were treated.
On her flight home from Africa, Michalek began writing a children’s book. The book titled Maji Kijana, Swahili for water boy, describes the author’s experiences with African children. All proceeds from the sale of the book go to water projects in the countries supported by International Needs. More information on International Needs can be found on the website at www.inter nationalneeds. ca or by calling 1-888-7029805. To purchase a book contact Michalek at donna@ internationalneeds.ca.
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The new $76,000 trailer generator was recommended as a risk reduction measure instead of constructing an emergency spillway at the Conestogo Dam. It was included in the 2016 budget and half the funding is being covered by the province. The GRCA has one other trailer generator at the Shand Dam.
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left onto the 16th, we encountered a kind farmer with his big John Deere and blower clearing the road so people could get through. My hat is off to this gentleman. I really think with the taxes these folks pay (in
Mapleton) they should see a plow more than once a day, and not have this farmer doing it. Wellington Road 17 and Highway 6 were in great shape at both times we were on them. Greg Herriott Fergus
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