Meet Eric Morris

We have a new team member! Eric Morris will now be joining us on this year’s trip to Nairobi. Eric's knowledge of Kenya will be a huge asset on the trip.

Since retiring from Boeing 6 years ago Eric and his wife Faye have traveled to Kenya and Tanzania to work with small ministries that “can do a lot with a little”. Eric and Faye work with schools, orphanages, churches and other community based organizations and are registered with the Kenyan Government as the Eric and Morris Faye Development Group (EMFAD). Eric states “As you can see, the name got a bit tangled during registration”.

Stateside, Eric works with the University of Idaho to sponsor student engineering projects that use simple technology to improve the lives of the poor. You can see a video of their Kenya Venture 2007 on their web site, http://efmdg.org/efmdg/. In March 2007, Eric took three faculty and four students to Kenya to test and implement a simple water filtration system that uses local materials and costs about $15 to build. Way to go Eric!!

When not working in Africa, Eric and Faye stay busy with their garden, two dogs and four granddaughters. In February 2008, they returned from teaching at Shantou University in the People's Republic of China.