One Childs Village
One Child's Village Joined: June 18th 2007
Logged in: July 7th 2011
Logged in: July 7th 2011
The blogs are ordered below starting with the most recent entry, and going backward in time. There are several trips so please be sure to check the dates. Earlier posts are from the 2007 journey to Kenya made by Cristelle and Todd. More recent posts are from Todd on his 2008 trip to Kenya.
Travel Blog Posts
Today we went to a country club and met with a friend who works with UNEP and we also went to Rahul's for dinner. Rahul has decided to donate a bunch of items to the Kawangware school. Thanks Rahul! Tim... read more
Today we met with Evans who is doing his Master's ih armed conflict and peace studies. Heather sent some money for him to pay his tuition fees so that he can continue his schooling. He is very bright and very appreciative to be able to continue attending classes. He showed us around the University of Nairobi. Picked up a few souvenirs and items for the next fundraiser. Now we pack and get ready to leave. Goodbye Kenya. T... read more
Flew back to Nairobi after another wonderful breakfast. Met with Todd and Cristelle who had more great successes in Bumala. We met with Pius and John in the evening and passed on some board games for the kids in the dorms. The life straws are quite successful. I guess a lot of the kids are feeling better already. Decompressed in the evening. T... read more
This morning we had champagne breakfast with the hippos while being guarded by Maasai. More game drives, relaxing and remembering........ read more
Left Nairobi in a little twin otter plane full of european tourists. Flew in with enough time to do an afternoon game drive on Safari. We saw 4 of the big 5. Lions, giraffes, rhinos, and elephants. Not bad for the first day. The scenery, hotel, food is wonderful. We watched a Maasai dance and lecture which I videotaped and showed them after. It was quite amusing watching these fierce warriors giggling as they saw themselves on the video. T... read more
Hello Bumala! It looks like the flight is later than expected. Back to the school. I had a chance to filmm some one on ones with the Form 1 class and take some more pics. Todd and Cristelle met with the teachers and Cristelle did a presentation on various teaching techniques. It was a very productive and insightful presentation. Goodbye Bumala. This time for sure. Charles drove us back to Kisumu where we purchased two razors (for haircuts) and an iron for the sewing class. Todd and Cristelle stay in Bumala until Tuesday. Flew back to Nairobi (and Joseph). More Tuskers at the hotel. T... read more
Went on an excursion to help shoot an educational movie on an agricultural development at a nearby farm. I had the pleasure of meeting Peter, a retired government employee, the minister of agriculture and the District officer. The chief was also present. While there, I invited the minister to our project in July when we will have our new organic farming project underway. By the time I was done, it was too late to say goodbye to the kids but I did manage to say goodbye to teachers and a few kids. Kathy came across 60 extra finger puppets which we distributed to the children that waved to us everyday on the way to the school. They were delighted with the puppets. Daniel finished the living fence with the Form 1 kids and Helene finished planting ... read more
Today we passed out soccer jerseys to the soccer team and also jerseys to the kindergarten class. The jerseys for the kindergarten class were donated by the Thorsby kindergarten class. We also passed out artwork and a picture of the Thorsby class to the kids. The children were very interested in the picture and were delighted with their new shirts. We also handed out some books and games to the library. The sewing class made bags to go with the macrame keychains. There was also a debate between class 3, 4, 5. The topic was traditional life is better than modern life. T... read more
Day 7 – Arrived early at the school with a group that we ran into at the hotel. The group is a non profit well digging organization. They will dig wells for very little and provide pumps that will last about 10 years. They came and inspected our existing well and discussed the possibility of adding hand pumps by the school for hand washing etc and drip irrigation for our new agricultural program. Today, we planted half of the living fence (about 700 plants). It started with Daniel (volunteer), Daniel (gardener) and myself. It wasn’t long though before the Form 1 class came out to help. They worked extremely quickly. Kathy and I gave them our cameras to use and experiment with. We noticed that everyone posed differently than when we would take pictures. They would ... read more
Day 6 – Sanitary napkin template was turned into a very successful prototype by the sewing class. I measured out the land to build a “living fence” around the perimeter. Termites have eaten away at the barbwire/wooden post security fence. Kathy and I drove out with Charles to a farmer’s house in the country and picked out the plants for the fence. Beste had great success teaching a few art classes with the kids and Kathy and I handed out pictures to all of the kids. This went over really well. We also played some soccer or “football” as they say here. Kathy scored an awesome goal. Helene and Daniel went to visit the grandmothers and determined some of their needs. Todd and Cristelle met with the Chief and various government officials. We should soon be ... read more
