KENYA – Children of the World Series

DID YOU KNOW…
– that 45 different languages are spoken in Kenya?
– that just over 40% of the population can read?
– that Kenya has one of the highest population growth rates in the world? Each woman has an average of eight children and hopes to have even more.
– that one in two children in the country dies before reaching the age of five?
– that 45% of the population is unemployed?
– that the number of Christians in Kenya has increased exponentially since 1900 (today 84% of the population is Christian)?
This is the story of Chebet, an eight-year-old African girl from the Pokot tribe in Western Kenya. Chebet loses the only thing that truly belongs to her: Toto, her little goat. This leads her on an adventurous search far from home. Finally, she learns a lesson that we all must learn.