On 6/18/09, Crystal Watley <
crystal@voicesofafrica.org> wrote:
> Dear friends,
>
> I am not one for spreading my problems all over town and it is a bit
> embarrassing to admit, but due to recent events I have to ask for your help.
> Last Saturday night, armed men broke into my home and office and stole
> everything we owned. All of my work for VOA4SD is gone. We lost all of our
> documents, equipment, and even my soap. I am considering what to do next.
> Likoni is not safe. As I had been saying for the last year, there are too
> many unemployed youth and there is a great need for opportunities. Without
> opportunities crime becomes an occupation.
>
> I moved to Kenya with good ideas, great ambitions, and mountains of hope.
> The realities have been difficult, but I have always pressed forward. Now I
> am praying that God makes a way where there is none. Recently, Kibaki made a
> speech when he announced the arrival of the TEAMS cable and how important it
> is for people to work towards creating youth training programs. he made it
> sound like the most important job in the country. It is the job I have
> suffered for for more than 2 years only to have everything ripped from under
> my feet.
>
> I need a way to start over here or I will be forced to find a way to leave
> Africa and return to America. My heart feels like it is being ripped out of
> my chest with the very thought, but I have to take care of my family. I am
> attaching my most recent resume here. I pray that someone can help me to
> find employment, funding, anything to be able to continue. It is not fair to
> the youth who want change that those who have given into evil pursuits steal
> their chances at a better life.
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
> Many blessings,
>
> Crystal
>
> --
> Crystal "Naliaka" Watley Kigoni
> Voices of Africa for Sustainable Development
>
crystal@voicesofafrica.org
>
http://www.voicesofafrica.org/
>
> "You must be the change you wish to see" - Gandhi
>