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PROGRAMME & MINISTRY “Christ is the Answer Ministry” (CITAM) will be the host church in Marsabit and Turkana . That's Edith’s church and they have missionaries and centres in , Olturot, and Lodwar The temperature will be about 20-25C in Kenya while you are there.

6-9 July: Nairobi • 7th: Maisha Safe House • 8th (Sunday) CITAM Thika Rd church

9-12 July: Loiyangalani & El Molo Bay, () • 10th School ministry • 11-12th Dental camps

Home to Kenya’s smallest tribe, the . Lack of medical facilities and poor diet are to blame for low life expectancy (45) among the El Molo, a small community of about 700 people. The number of El Molo is estimated to be 600 to 700, with “pure” El Molo in their dozens. In 2009, there was an outbreak of cholera in their villages. About 10 years ago, the last person alive to know the native El Molo language died. Many El Molo practice a traditional religion centered on the worship of Wakh. In the related Oromo culture, denotes the single god of the early pre-Abrahamic, montheistic faith believed to have been adhered to by Cushitic groups.

13-15 July: Olturot (Marsabit county): • 14th Dental Camp • 15th (Sunday): church and children ministry Close to 40% of the people living in Marsabit County are Christians, 32% are Muslims, while 28% adhere to other religions. Olturot (meaning rocky land) that lies at the foot of Mount Kulal. Mount Kulal means ‘place of rest’.

Olturot has a desert climate. There is a primary school in the area – Olturot primary school, a dispensary, a market place, and a mission centre and church run by CITAM. There were also plans to set up a primary school by CITAM. The people of Olturot are a mix of Samburu and Rendille tribes. All speak the and practice traditional Samburu customs and beliefs. Traditionally, the Samburu are a polygamous cattle-rearing community whereas the Rendille are a monogamous camel-rearing community.

16-17 July: Marsabit • 17th : Dental camp

Marsabit is a town of about 5,000 population, on an extinct volcano surrounded by forested hills and a national park. The town is mainly inhabited by the Cushitic-speaking Borana (cattle-rearing), Burji, Gabbra (syncretistic Muslims, camel-keeping) and Rendille.

18-19 July: Nairobi • 19th Glory Christian Centre: Health promotion & evangelism

20-23 July: Kibwezi, (Makueni county): • 21st : Kisayani Health Centre • 22nd (Sunday) CITAM Karen church service • 23rd : Safiways clinic – Lucky Summer: Dental Camp

Kibwezi is a southern town, very close to the Tsavo and Chyulu Hills national parks. The main people are the Kamba. There is a mosque for the local Muslim community and several churches of varying Christian denominations. The two largest congregations are Catholic and the Presbyterian Church of East Africa (PCEA).

24-26 July: Nairobi • 24th: Excursion • 25th: Rest • 26th: Departure