Odeelo Dayondon and Tiffany Hill journeyed to Africa as part of aio Discovery. The

company they work for, aio, sends volunteers to developing nations every year for hands-

on, humanitarian work in partnership with Global Hope Network International (GHNI), a

small nongovernmental organization.



Dayondon and Hill spent one week each working side-by-side with community members

in rural, underprivileged villages in central Kenya and eastern Ethiopia. In Kenya, they

helped village members lay down PVC pipe so, for the first time, the people could

have clean water in their own backyard instead of walking more than two miles to fill

their jerrycans. In Ethiopia, they assisted the village men in the beginning stages of

constructing a public latrine. These two projects are part of GHNI’s Transformational

Community Development programs to help impoverished communities become self-

sustainable. The trip was just as life transforming for Dayondon and Hill as it was for the

communities who welcomed them.