July 6th 2009  Africa » Kenya » Nairobi Province » Nairobi
I want to start off this post by thanking everyone for all of the comments. It's really nice that you're all interested and following along with everything here, and it really means a lot to me! I ... [full story]

July 5th 2009  Africa » Kenya » Nairobi Province
This past week, I believe I experienced reality for the first time. It was the first time in my life, where I felt uncontrollably helpless. We had a mother and her child come into the clinic for some ... [full story]

June 27th 2009  Africa » Kenya » Nairobi Province
We are back at a town called "Karen". This is where the trip started for us. We then went West to Rwanda and back tracked to Karen. We let go of 4 people and gain 14 more....yikes, clausty for sure ... [full story]

June 27th 2009  Africa » Kenya » Nairobi Province
A few days ago, we went on our first game drive. This is where we are driving through a game park in a van with a pop open roof for viewing the wildlife. We saw just about the whole cast of Lion King ... [full story]

June 25th 2009  Africa » Kenya » Nairobi Province » Nairobi
Just another average day in Kenya; my roommate got malaria, my director got carjacked on the way to pick us up, on day number 2 of no electricity, our hot water shower broke again, our doctor’s ... [full story]

June 20th 2009  Africa » Kenya » Nairobi Province » Nairobi
I think it's safe to say that I have experienced culture shock in many regards throughout the past week and a half. I am finally settled into a place where I am staying for another month, and doing m ... [full story]

June 20th 2009  Africa » Kenya » Nairobi Province » Nairobi
Sorry it's been a while. A lot has happened. I'm on african time which is very relaxed and makes me wonder how anything gets done. But it does. Someow. On Friday, I met another volunteer Kasey from ... [full story]

June 19th 2009  Africa » Kenya » Nairobi Province » Nairobi
The last blog - "the old man and the machete" was meant to be published last friday when we were in Kisii, but we accidentally saved it rather than publishing it online. On Tuesday we left Kiamokam ... [full story]

June 11th 2009  Africa » Kenya » Nairobi Province
Well I'm not writing from London, but Kenya was a former British territory so I'm not too far off. alas let me tell my British adventure. As most of you know, I put on a British accent on frequent o ... [full story]

June 10th 2009  Africa » Kenya » Nairobi Province » Nairobi
After arriving 2hrs later than scheduled due to the planes previous journey getting in the way of a lightning bolt we headed to our hotel for the night, The Silver Springs (sounds nicer than what it w ... [full story]