Writing from the IDP camp in Eldoret. We spent the day here yesterday checking up on our projects and starting some new ones. I mostly kept the children occupied while the adults spoke with John. I played simple games such as Ring around the Rosy, Simon Says, Patti-Cake, and even told an extremely ghetto version of Snow White, with one of the kids who could speak english as my translator. It was fun to explain those games to the children using my broken Kiswahili and hand motions, but the kids had a good time. Even just sitting around letting them touch [View Full Entry]

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Hold your donkeys! Do I really have a week left? Has it only been two months? And yes, hold your donkeys is the African version of hold your horses. I'm writing this blog with extremely mixed feelings. On one hand, I am excited to return home and see everyone, but on the other hand I am so sad to leave Kenya and all of my friends. I've adjusted quite well here, I love the food, enjoy the relaxed lifestyle,madea lot of greatfriends, I can even travel on the roads with ease by myself! And more importantly, I'm happy. I love my [View Full Entry]

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Writing today with brighter eyes than last. Visiting the IDP camp in Eldoret was another life changing experience. I titled this blog with a quote I read in the Daily Nation today. Justice delayed is justice denied and I couldn't agree more. Living in Kenya has opened my eyes up to news beyond celebrity lifestyles and sports. I hope that the ICC gives justice to the victims of the post election violence. They;ve suffered long enough and it needs to be finished with. After having interacted with the refugees, makes the news now seem real. Before I could never connect with [View Full Entry]

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Before I begin, I'd just like to say that I am safe and okay at the moment, but a lot has just happened and if I don't write this all down right now, I think my body will realize what happened and I will shut down and forget everything. So here goes. To start off the story, I came down with malaria a few days ago. Not a big deal here, it's as common as the flu, and I caught it early on, so one more day of medication and I'm cured. So I couldn't go to the clinic because I [View Full Entry]

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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 help. The mother had no money, tattered clothes and was pregnant. She was already a mother of five, and the child that she brought in was 15 months old and severely malnourished. The child could barely move, and was too weak to even blink a fly off of her face. She suffered from PEM, protein energy malnourishment. The mother came in begging for [View Full Entry]

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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 friend was shot, getting harassed in the street, another cholera outbreak, nothing surprises me anymore. But I finally have some time to write so let me tell you about some of my experiences here. I’m all over the place but so much happens here and I never have the time to write it down so excuse my erratic writing. On my last day at Ushirika [View Full Entry]

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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 Kansas. We hit it off immmediately and have been inseparable ever since. We spent our last weekend at the homestay and went to Carnivore Restaurant, one of the top restaurants in the world. It was delicious and quite an experience, trying exotic game meats such as ostrich meat balls and crocidile. We also met up with a Canadian and Australian who entertained us for [View Full Entry]

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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 occasion. Well while in the UK I decided to try it out and see if it's as good as I think it it. Turns out, I'm awful. Just plain awful. So I have vowed to stop trying to pretend that I'm British from now on, but when I get back we'll see how long that lasts, as long as any real Brits [View Full Entry]

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Writing from a cybercafe about a block or so away from the clinic. Feels like I've been gone for much more than two weeks. Life in Kenya is very different than the United States, but I'm sure you assumed that. I don't even know where to begin, so much has happened here. I'll start with the family I'm staying with; the Akoths which include Irene and Abe and their children Sam, Leo and Jessica, their niece Natasha and their househelp Helen. The girls Jessi and Tasha follow me around everywhere, I feel like I have three shadows. No one here has [View Full Entry]

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Habari from Nairobi that means hey how are you, the only word i know for sure... Kenya is beautiful. I was nervous getting off of the plane because I did not have a good experience in Cairo on the way here, but I saw a huge sign that said smile, you're in kenya and i've been smiling ever since. i'm staying in jamhuri, a three min walk from kibera, which is where i will be working. i'm at orientation right now, just me and my supervisor cecilia. everyone has been very welcoming here. the family i am staying with is an [View Full Entry]

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