Blogs from Kajiado, Rift Valley Province, Kenya, Africa

Ok! Currently back in Kitengela! Have popped back for a day to see Alun, seeing as we have a free day in Nairobi. Since i last made an entry, i have been throught Uganda, Rwanda and back to Kenya! My favourite trip by far has been the gorillas, and any trip that i do from now on will have to be amazing to beat it! After an hours walk up a mountain (possibly the steepest in the world, if my lack of breath all the way up is anything to go by!) the guides told us that we needed to leave our bags to get closer. The first gorilla i saw was eating in a tree. After a few minutes, it rolled down the roots and landed at our feet, at which point the guide pusghed ... read more

I have finally managed to get Travelblog to work again after a delay of about 2 weeks when all of their servers were down, I was very annoyed! Here is an entry I wrote about 1 week ago and planned to post: The safari was absolutely excellent, we had a great time. Back in the maasai village we are plodding along, there's more problems with the starvation. Last year, all the violence has caused big problems for Kenya - a lot of the killing happened in the west, where there is a lot of farmland, so lots of farmer's were killed or had to run away from their homes, so there's not enough food produced this year. And because of all the corruption in the government, the someone stole something like $2billion dollars worth of the ... read more

Supa! I can't believe that we've finished working in Saikeri already. I seems impossible how fast the last six weeks have gone. This place has become a part of us and we are so sad to leave. I can't imagine we won't be returning to Saikeri at the moment. It has really become a second home for us. The people here have been so amazing and loving. We have really become a part of their community and the last couple days have been hard. There have been many tears and hugs and photos and kisses. But, we leave knowing that someday we will be back. I can't imagine not coming back to here. Today we've come into Ngong for the last time for a while and spent the day getting some donations gathered for a family ... read more

Hello everyone! I hope that everyone is great and had a wonderful week. Alan and I did a lot of work this week... and got pretty sick as well (not because of the work, though). We got back into town on Wednesday and quickly made up for the two days that we missed. I really started getting into the research for my dissertation for university that is on the rural Kenyan Maasai pregnancy practices and beliefs... I started doing a lot of interviews and it was so interesting and so much fun. The women here are amazing... especially after you realize all the work they do while they are pregnant and still even while they are delivering children. They are remarkable. One of the woman said to me, "Now you know so much and you ... read more

Supa! (Hello in Maasai) I hope that this blog finds everyone well and getting ready to say hello to the first day of summer tomorrow. Since we are right on the equator tomorrow, June 21st summer solstice, we will have no shadow at 12 noon. I hope that I remember to pay attention. I've got some great news for everyone who donated (and for those who didn't as well). Alan and I have made our first major donation... we've helped create a much needed maternity ward for the clinic I am working in. This is the only maternity within a four hour walk and will help the communities so much. It will save the lives of mothers and their newborn babies. Because, until now, there was no place for the mothers to deliver where they could ... read more