Elise Pitcairn – Medium

Elise Pitcairn

Elise Pitcairn

The Truth About Water

I knew that by coming to Kisumu, Kenya I would have to let go of some of the comforts of my western life and that I would be challenged…

Feb 22, 2018

The Truth About Water

Feb 22, 2018

Elise Pitcairn

The Hills (of Riat) are Alive with the Sound of Music!

Each morning I wake up, I hear music playing from the kitchen. On my evening walks, I hear children singing together. My matatu (bus) rides…

Jan 25, 2018

The Hills (of Riat) are Alive with the Sound of Music!

Jan 25, 2018

Elise Pitcairn

Learning and Collaborating for Project Success

First of all, I must apologize for my lack of posts since November. It has been a whirlwind adjusting to day-to-day life in Kisumu and a…

Jan 6, 2018

Learning and Collaborating for Project Success

Jan 6, 2018

Elise Pitcairn

“I’m not trying to make money, I’m trying to feed people.”

One of the requirements of Phase 1 of the Global Advocate Program is to do a home community project study. In this study, we are supposed…

Nov 16, 2017

“I’m not trying to make money, I’m trying to feed people.”

Nov 16, 2017

Elise Pitcairn

I am supposed to raise how much?!

Fundraising has to be one of the hardest yet most rewarding tasks I have ever taken on. To be completely honest, I was hesitant to even…

Aug 30, 2017

I am supposed to raise how much?!

Aug 30, 2017

Elise Pitcairn
in
SHIFT THE SECTOR

FAQs: Questioning My Projects is Good!

Since starting the Global Advocate Fellowship with Mama Hope, I have noticed a handful of Facebook friends sharing articles that are either…

Jul 24, 2017

FAQs: Questioning My Projects is Good!

Jul 24, 2017

Elise Pitcairn

Meet the Dream Team + Projects

It has been a week since I launched my fundraising campaign! In this first week I raised almost $5,000, began online curriculum, planned…

Jun 27, 2017

Jun 27, 2017

Elise Pitcairn

Once upon a time…

Today is the launch of my fundraising campaign and so I thought it would be very appropriate to write my first blog post. It has been a…

Jun 20, 2017

Jun 20, 2017

Elise Pitcairn

Elise Pitcairn

The chronicles of a Global Advocate working with sustainable community development in Kenya. https://give.classy.org/EliseRC

Following

Help
Status
About
Careers
Press
Blog
Privacy
Terms
Text to speech
Teams