http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/LGrisafe/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from LGrisafe en-us Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:30:34 +0000 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:30:34 +0000 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 PattiCake and even told an extremely ghetto version of Snow White with one of the kids who could speak english as my translator. It was f http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Kenya/Rift-Valley-Province/Eldoret/blog-422281.html 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 l http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Kenya/blog-421421.html 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 vi http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Kenya/Nairobi-Province/Nairobi/blog-417778.html 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Kenya/Rift-Valley-Province/Eldoret/blog-416605.html 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 barel http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Kenya/Nairobi-Province/blog-415446.html 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 doctorrsquos 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Kenya/Nairobi-Province/Nairobi/blog-412256.html 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 delici http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Kenya/Nairobi-Province/Nairobi/blog-410436.html Habari from Nairobithat 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 r http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Kenya/Nairobi-Province/Nairobi/blog-403864.html 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 no http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Kenya/Nairobi-Province/blog-407698.html 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 thei http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Kenya/Nairobi-Province/Nairobi/blog-406902.html Thought I should write a before blog might make things more interesting. I guess I'll introduce myself. My name is Lisa Grisafe. I'm 21 years old. I'm a senior in college nursing student liberal travel loving tattooed only a few freckled scared of dolls and deep water IrishItalian American woman and the list goes on. I leave tomorrow on the most liberating trip I have and may ever ta http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Illinois/Chicago/blog-401518.html