Now, seeing as I don't get many of those, I was at a loss as to w.h.y. it was a 14 digit number, and also w.h.o. would be calling me with a 14 digit number. I picked up the phone and was greeted by a little bit of static and a thickly accented man's voice.
"Hello Christina? This is Vincent from Kisii."
I searched my brain quickly. I knew no Vincent's, and for a moment I had no idea where Kisii was.
Then it hit me.
Vincent was our RevMedia contact from Kenya.
"Oh hello!" I exclaimed. I truly was delighted to hear from him. We chit chated for a few moments above the bad connection, and then he asked if we could talk over Skype on Sunday morning. We made arrangements to talk at 8am my time.
I really had no idea what he wanted to talk about. When we were coming? If we remembered them...
In the end, he wanted something very unique.
"How can you help us now?" Vincent asked me. "We need more followers. How can you help us with this?"
It struck me exactly how.
"Do you have a Twitter for the orphanage?" I asked him. He had a personal Twitter but nothing for the orphanage. "Start one." I said. "Do you have a blog for the orphanage?" He answered yes. "Good." I then walked him through the process of social media use, why it was important, and what it could do for him.
"American's like to give." I said. "But they need to believe in it, care about it, and feel close to it. Twitter makes your orphanage become personal to them. And this paves the way for others out here to want to be involved."
Vincent sounded like it was the highest enlightenment he had ever heard of. "This is fantastic!" He said. "Thank you."
An hour of my time with a Kenyan pastor and orphanage director. It didn't cost me a lot. But maybe it will help them get more followers. More people who will want to care, to help, and to contribute.
It's amazing what we can do in a world without borders.
We can change the world in Kenya from right where we sit in Washington.
So how are you changing the world today?
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