{"id":5191,"date":"2015-12-30T15:00:30","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T15:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/charbeck.net\/blog\/?p=5191"},"modified":"2018-06-08T00:11:05","modified_gmt":"2018-06-08T00:11:05","slug":"mocha-club-experience-with-matt-wertz-nairobi-kenya-lilongwe-malawi-addis-ababa-ethiopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/charbeck.net\/blog\/personal-travel\/mocha-club-experience-with-matt-wertz-nairobi-kenya-lilongwe-malawi-addis-ababa-ethiopia\/","title":{"rendered":"Mocha Club Experience :: with Matt Wertz :: Nairobi, Kenya :: Lilongwe, Malawi :: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To end 2015, thought I would flash-back to a trip to Africa I took with my good friend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/mattwertz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matt Wertz<\/a>. I&#8217;ve always wanted to blog favorites from this trip; the emotion in our friends in Ethiopia, Malawi, and Kenya was somewhat captured by my different cameras, but honestly, nothing can hold a candle to being there and seeing the amazing work our friends with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.themochaclub.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mocha Club<\/a>\u00a0are doing! I&#8217;ll write some commentary along the way to help explain some of the photos:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/012-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C600\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><br \/>\nWe drove around Addis Ababa after 10pm and it was so incredibly tragic what we saw&#8230; hundreds of women lining the side of the road working as prostitutes to try and put food on the table for their families.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/013-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C600\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/014-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C600\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><br \/>\nWe visited Mocha Club&#8217;s partner\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.w-a-r-e.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Women at Risk<\/a>, which provides counseling and job training for women trying to leave the prostitution industry.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/016-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C198\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"198\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/017-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C299\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"299\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/018-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C600\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><br \/>\nThis is how you make Ethiopian coffee! Such a fun process!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/020-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C198\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"198\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/020.5-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C600\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/021-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C198\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"198\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/023-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C600\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><br \/>\nWe also visited <a href=\"http:\/\/elliltaproducts.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ellilta Products<\/a>, which is one of the future job outlets for women leaving prostitution: scarf-making.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/023.5-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C198\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"198\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/024-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C600\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/025-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C299\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"299\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/026-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C198\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"198\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/026.5-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C600\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/027-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C600\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/028-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C198\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"198\" \/><br \/>\nWe then flew to Malawi and captured various projects, 1. Adziwa Secondary School + Orphan Care 2. Lizulu Orphan Care Project<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/034-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C600\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/035-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C299\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"299\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/036-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C600\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/037-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C600\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/038-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C600\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/039-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C198\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"198\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/040-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C600\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/042-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C600\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/043-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C600\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/044-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C600\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><br \/>\nOur last stop was in Nairobi, Kenya where we got to see our friends at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.africanleadershipinc.org\/new-dawn-educational-centre-clinic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Dawn Academy<\/a>, and then our friends in the Kibera Slum.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/045-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C600\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/046-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C299\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"299\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/047-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C600\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/048-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C600\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/048.5-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C600\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/049-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C198\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"198\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/050-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C600\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/051-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C299\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"299\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/052-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C600\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/053-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C198\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"198\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/054-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C600\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/055-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C299\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"299\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/056-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C600\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/058-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C600\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/059-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C299\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"299\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/060-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C600\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><br \/>\nOverall, it was a very epic trip and Wertz and I ate our fair share of Chicken, Goat, and Beans. If you&#8217;re interested in supporting our friends in Africa, check out the link below!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/061.5-storyboard.jpg?resize=900%2C336\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"336\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pp-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/062-storyboardcopy.jpg?resize=900%2C600\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/>Here&#8217;s a direct link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themochaclub.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.themochaclub.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To end 2015, thought I would flash-back to a trip to Africa I took with my good friend Matt Wertz. I&#8217;ve always wanted to blog favorites from this trip; the emotion in our friends in Ethiopia, Malawi, and Kenya was somewhat captured by my different cameras, but honestly, nothing can hold a candle to being...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5219,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pp_embeds":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[323,326,327,328,127,324,325],"class_list":["post-5191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-personal-travel","tag-africa-photos","tag-malawi-photographer","tag-mocha-club","tag-mocha-club-non-profit","tag-non-profit-photographer","tag-travel-africa-photography","tag-travel-kenya-photos"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/30-5191-post\/045-storyboard.jpg?fit=900%2C600&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5191"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7705,"href":"https:\/\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5191\/revisions\/7705"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/charbeck.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}