A Heartfelt Mother’s Day Wish

by Jamie Reeves // 2013-05-12 // 1 Comment

When I was in Nairobi and the Kibera Slum with Every Girl Counts, I met mothers raising their children in dire circumstances, struggling to make ends meet in conditions I will only brush off as a few minutes of experience.... Continue reading →

Almost Wordless Wednesday: Building Hope

by Jamie Reeves // 2013-04-03 // 2 Comments

“This school will not be just a school. This school will be a witness to many.” – Peter Abungu, director, Swahiba Youth Networks Future site of Hope Academy, a secondary school for girls from the Kibera slum of Nairobi, which... Continue reading →

Kenya Day Five: Entrepreneurialism in the Kibera Slum

by Jamie Reeves // 2013-03-22 // 7 Comments

This young mother is a talented seamstress running her own business thanks to a sewing machine donated by Every Girl Counts. Imagine for a few seconds that you are a small business owner. And a woman. And your home, and... Continue reading →

Faces of Hope in Nairobi

by Jamie Reeves // 2013-03-07 // 4 Comments

I took nearly one thousand pictures during the full six days I was in Nairobi with Every Girl Counts. I wanted to capture as best I could what I was seeing. I wanted to remember the living conditions, the daily... Continue reading →

Kenya Day Four: Loving and Lifting Up Teen Girls in the Kibera Slum

by Jamie Reeves // 2013-03-05 // 9 Comments

At the Nashville airport we were able to check in four duffle bags filled with much needed shoes as well as packages of sanity supplies which were lovingly decorated by girls in a youth ministry in Middle Tennessee. It was... Continue reading →

(Almost) Wordless Wednesday: Friendship and Futbol

by Jamie Reeves // 2013-02-27 // 6 Comments

I wanted to share a few pictures from our visit with boys at a juvenile detention center on the afternoon of our third full day here in Kenya. The facility serves boys ranging in age from 8 to about 14... Continue reading →

Kenya Day Three: Family, Faith, and Love Prevail in Kibera

by Jamie Reeves // 2013-02-26 // Comments off

You can steel your senses as much as possible in anticipation of the vast expanse of poverty that envelopes you as you enter the Nairobi slum of Kibera, but it is really too much to comprehend. A quick picture taken... Continue reading →

Kenya Day Two: Jesus, Giraffes and Kenyan Tea

by Jamie Reeves // 2013-02-25 // 5 Comments

Feeding my new African friend. Greetings from Kenya! Yesterday our friends from Swahiba Youth Networks took us to church at the Nairobi Gospel Centre International where the upcoming presidential elections were mentioned during the sermon and prayers. You can’t miss... Continue reading →

Kenya Day One: Hope, Heart, and the Human Spirit #EveryGirlCounts

by Jamie Reeves // 2013-02-24 // 5 Comments

With Peter, conference organizer, and guest speaker Rene Cook, founder of Every Girl Counts. Good morning from Kenya. (Habari!) Yesterday I witnessed that hope and love and the human spirit will not be crushed. Teenage girls are teenage girls no... Continue reading →

Countdown to Kenya: Interview with Every Girl Counts Founder

by Jamie Reeves // 2013-02-19 // 3 Comments

Rene washing a young girl’s feet and getting ready to bless her with the gift of new shoes. In two days I leave for Nairobi, Kenya, for an experience that will greatly impact the way I view the world and... Continue reading →

Countdown To Kenya: #EveryGirlCounts

by Jamie Reeves // 2013-02-07 // 4 Comments

The Kibera slum of Nairobi, which is reported to be the largest urban slum in Africa. In two weeks I board a plane in Nashville departing for Kenya with my friend Rene. We’ll have two suitcases filled with shoes for... Continue reading →