Hi today Fred (Territory Manager) insisted we leave a bit earlier and visit the National Park, I waited for John, my colleague to organise the tour guide and a little girl pointed at me and said " look mummy a white lady, today I have seen Giraffes and white people" :) I certainly saw many Giraffes but no white people... or Lions! only a small black domestic cat enjoying the sun... here are my pictures - we were only in there an hour and a half as it closes at 6pm but its a hard life when you have to work too!... read more

Hi all, after 34 hours I finally made it on Sunday night at around 11pm local time (3 hours ahead!) tired but not sleepy enough I lay awake in bed most of the night and then headed to the office in the morning. I idnt get to go to the National Park like I had hoped sadly. I met with our Nairobi Safety committee and Esther who I met last time who is now hugely pregnant with twins!! and we discussed lots of things which I will add to my report, today I completed an audit of the site sadly not much has changed since our last visit therefore Mike and I have alot of work that we need to do and I feel that this really does justify a full time Health and Safety assistant ... read more

all started out well... the class sailed through the tests. I always admire every single one of them as English is not their first language and they are learning some complex life saving information in a foreign language... this is not sonething you or I could do that is unless you speak another language fluently. I sadly do not! Then the stumbles started, unfortunately I had three people that had to start again because they were immediate fails when they commenced CPR on our breathing casualty. Of course I shouted STOP before any damage could occur but I was very upset when one did it but when three did it I then worried that it was my teaching and that I had not explained this to them right. However on speaking to them it seems that ... read more