We have now come to the end of our two weeks volunteering at the Riruta Shade for Orphan Children, situated in Kawangware on the outskirts of Nairobi. Kawangware is somewhere we will have fantastic memories of, as an extremely happy (and dusty) place. It is also home to some of the most pot-holed roads we’ve ever seen (and we speak as veterans of the roads of Cambodia and Madagascar!) The streets are lined with a proliferation of small, shack-like retail outlets, many of which have names that have caused us to crack a smile, a few favourites are “Merseyside Music Store“, “Tipsy Butchery”, “Wilynily Investments” and one simply named “Chicken Parts”. We came into volunteering at the orphanage, with no idea what to expect, other than a challenge. Our pre-departure information, listed possible activities for us,
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