We hope we'll be able to be something more than typical tourists. We want our day-by-day pedaling through the open country to impact us--perhaps in some life-changing ways. And we hope your share in helping us raise funds to buy property and build a high school will make a continuing life-changing impact in the lives of youth and their community. Thanks for supporting the school with a donation! $40,000 for a new school is our goal!
So, we are gathering facts and factoids that begin to help us enter Kenya with some limited perspective. These facts and figures are important to us at this point. They will likely later be eclipsed by more personal awarenesses.
- 41 million people live in Kenya
- Kenya has 42 distinct people groups
- Kenya covers 580,000 square kilometers
- Kenya is the largest economy in Africa
- Kenya's middle and long-distance runners dominate world competition
- Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, has over 3 million inhabitants
- Nairobi's elevation is about the same as Denver--a mile high
- Kenya's Great Rift Valley and Maasi Mara are home to a great diversity of wildlife
- The equator crosses Kenya near Nakuru
- Lake Victoria is on Kenya's western border
- Mt. Kenya is the 2nd highest mountain in Africa and is permanently covered in snow
- Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, is not in Kenya but is prominently visible across the Tanzanian border
- 80% of Kenya's population claim Christianity as their religion (mostly Protestant)
- Kibera, a slum adjacent to Nairobi, has nearly 200,000 residents without running water or sewer
- Average lifespan in sub-saharan Africa is under 50 years
Know a fact or two about Kenya that might help us? Please do share!
Don't forget: we count on your per-mile donations to the new school. Please use the right sidebar to make a contribution. Also, share this blog link with others.
Stay tuned. We're getting close!
-- John Franklin Hay
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