For the past two weeks we have been assisting with a camp in Tigoni, Kenya. The refugees fled to the Tigoni police station following threats by a rival tribe. Most of them were able to leave with their belongings and arrived at the police station with everything they owned. Several missionary families adopted the camp and began supplying food and other supplies to help meet the needs. The Red Cross had placed 4 volunteers at the camp and over the last two weeks we have worked together closely. We took on the responsibility of providing fresh vegetables for the crowd which at one point was well over 6000 people. We made daily trips to the camp with supplies of cabbage, greens, onions and tomatoes. We also made several trips to deliver water and blankets. On Friday an announcment was made that the camp was closing and that busses would arrive to take the people to Western Kenya where most of the Luo tribe members are originally from.
I have to admit that I was surprised to see the busses show up. Friday and Saturday people frantically packed thier belongings and got their names on the list for various areas of western Kenya. By Saturday evening the camp was nearly deserted. Only a few that are too sick to travel or have no where to go remain in the camp. Im including some pictures of some of the people I met over the last two weeks at the camp.