This is a question I have asked myself for the last year or so.
It all started with a love of Africa, the sub-Saharan bit, anyway. I was contracted to go to South Africa in 1989, where I worked for a mere four months. But, they say, when you visit Africa, you leave a little bit of yourself there. That I did!
Since my return 18 years ago, I have felt homesick, so when I was offered the chance to work on a website for a Kenyan conservancy programme, I jumped at it. It did not involve travelling to Kenya, but it awakened my desires.
During research on the WWW, I met a nice Kenyan lady, quite by accident, I have to say. But we exchanged emails, SMS texts and letters for quite a while.
Then I was approached by the director of a Kenyan-registered charity, ACIS, who asked me to be the UK representative. Again, I jumped at the chance.
So everything was set for me to consider a trip to Kenya to meet the ACIS director and, of course the nice Kenyan lady.
In the meantime, I was contacted by the Mercy Gate Champion Children's Home in Kisii, SW Kenya and I became their representative in the UK.
So, that is how it all started.
