Viewing the Globe in 2006 and 2056 Part 3 - Essay Example

Running Head: Viewing the Globe in 2006 Viewing the Globe in 2006 [Institute’s Viewing the Globe in 2006 I am Leila and I livein Milimani, Nairobi, Kenya. I moved to Africa 12 years ago for an ethnographicaI project on Ndembu tribes, my home. I met my husband, Nobel at a conference at University of South Africa two years after which we got married and settled down in Nairobi. I finished my program one year after my first son Josh was born. Today, I am a Senior Analyst in a local firm, which conducts market research for famous brands in the country and a mother of three kids: Josh, 9 year old, Eesa, 6 year old and Reem, my two-year-old daughter.

We live in a three-bedroom apartment in the suburbs of Nairobi. The building we live in is home to ten other families mostly from other parts of Africa and a few from various Asian ethnicities. My kids go to a nearby public school that offers a wide variety of courses and English as a medium of instruction. My day starts at six am in the morning when I get up to make breakfast and send my kids to school. Then, my husband and I get ready for work and go to our offices. I fetch my kids from school and drop them to a childcare facility located nearby my place in the break time and go back to work.

When my day ends, I pick them from the centre on my way back home. However sometimes, my kids have to stay for a little longer since transport and urban mobility has been a growing concern of the city. The over-crowding has also led to health issues concerning water sanitation and hygiene. For instance, in the last week Parent-Teacher meeting at Josh and Eesa’s school. I found many parents complaining about their children turning sick. Also, they city is ever expanding and I have been hearing a lot of debate about the diminishing energy and water supply.

Recently, my husband and I are encountering various apprehensions about our children. Nairobi, on one hand is a growing opportunity for various new careers in Africa but on the other is becoming a host of social problems. Recently, news about porn addiction in Kenyan kids has spark trepidation in several parents including ourselves (Jamah, 2001). However, we hope that the good education and quality family time that we seek to provide to our kids will certainly help them grow into healthy productive citizens.

The quality time does not only include playing cards or helping with homework, but also going to Kenya Cinema or National Park on weekends. Kenya has changed a lot in the past year or two. The failure of Kibaki’s leadership, devoid of any constitutional structure and then a ravaging drought early this year affected Kenya in most adverse of the ways (UNEP, 2006). Despite all of the above, Kenya sees itself in ray of hope in future. The geography of the country is its biggest benefit. Indian Ocean’s 240 miles of coastline is covered with coconut, mangrove, and palm trees.

Kenya also is home to one of the world’s highest mountains, Mt. Kenya. Wild animals for example lions, giraffes, buffalos, elephants, zebras, leopards, and flamingos are abundantly present around the country (Mwakikagile, 2007). If government takes effective measures, tourism and entertainment industry can be a lot improved and a lot of revenue can be generated. However, till all this happens and Kenya flourishes towards a better economy, our family and hundreds of others like us will strive towards a better living in whatever capacities that we can.

References Jamah, A. (2001). Health Board. Retrieved on February 05, 2011: www.healthboard.info Mwakikagile, G. (2007). Kenya: identity of a nation. Godfrey Mwakikagile. UNEP. (2006). Kenya drought: impacts on agriculture, livestock, and wildlife. United Nations Environment Programme Press.