Sunday April 13 2014
This Is The Social Innovation Safari! (Part 2)


The Social Safari is proving to be a very intensive process for some of the participants. However, the knowledge and skills being shared in this activity are very sensible and enjoyable to the extent that I would hate myself for missing now that I know what is really going down here.

Cultures are blending, arguments are being made, ideas are being developed, ideas are embracing each other and at the end of it all everyone looks back and smiles at just how much the activity taught them something more.

“Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.” 
― Marie Curie

What I am finding most important is how practicality is just put aside at times and the imagination of participants is triggered. Your mind is opened, your ingenuity is challenged.  Competition is put aside and matters are handled objectively.

Bestoon is having a good time; I am having a good time. It’s Bestoon’s first time in Africa. He says he had been told lies about Africa and Kenya plus some of his friends laughed when they heard him say he was coming over to Africa. Myths are being swept away for this friend during this Safari. I hope he will spread the gospel of the beauty of flora and fauna around Lake Naivasha and Camp Carnelleyes plus the brilliance of Africans he has met here.

“Kutembea kwingi ni kuona mengi” Swahili proverb meaning travelling a lot accompanies a great sight

It is also just beautiful how with this Safari, everyone is almost talking about the same things though contributing with different ideas from different perspectives. Conversations are my source of energy. The energy that emanates from a random conversation about immigration laws of African countries that then metarmophosises unexpectedly to an argument about whether Russia is justified in its expansionist ventures into Ukraine for example is very mind opening. The bottom line is, take part in it and you will learn something.



With just five more days to go, I can’t wait to see how much more I can learn from the amazing people around me during this Safari. I still enjoy deep dive sessions the most.


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