hello from kenya !

Hello all :)

I stayed in Nairobi with my host family for 5 days and now I have finally arrived at Najagaa's Child Hope ( The orphange I am working in) and it is in the rural side of Kenya and is very very different from Nairobi.

Luckily there was another Canadian non-aiesecer who is going to the home as he was appointed by some sponsors of the home to figure out how they can sponsor the home.He got quite a lot of insider information and we have mainly been cooperating to see what can be done.

The Home
The home is situated in a village and is a 40 mins bus ride from the nearest town. The home is an old colonial home...70 sth children live in it and it's pretty hectic, esp at night when everyone is back and waiting to have diner.

There is no running water in the home so water is either collected during rain or fetched in a river nearby. There is electricity but light bulbs are rare. The kids have very limited clothing and necessary items. The main food they eat is rice and beans and food supply is running short too.

What I have been doing
In the last 2 and a half days, I have been trying to see how the home runs and what is needed. Been talking a lot to the children and playing with the younger one (who stays at home when the other are at school...my drawing is improving as they always want me to draw from them) so that I can have a fuller picture of what I can do for the home.My JD is to fund raise but it seems difficult to fund raise within Kenya. My plan now is to find out what the need, try to get money, and make sure the money and resources is managed properly for the good of the child ( A lot of NGO in africa mismanage their funding and resources). Have also been visiting the primary school next to it and might volunteer there is affairs at the home is not too busy.



The people i have been meeting in these last few days is so different from the one i met in Nairobi already..In nairobi and mainly AIESECers, their living condition is generally okay and quite westernized. They watch a lot of TV and worry about relationship, beauty, school, gossips. Here in the home, it is so different, a few 17/18 years old girl is managing the home and they work as teachers in the morning and take care of the home at night. They wish to go to college but they dun have the money nor chance

I will only have internet assess once every week but I will keep you guys updated :) I don't have homesick yet and I guess i am slowly detaching from Hong Kong...last night i couldn't sleep so I treated myself with 2 songs on my mp3 and Easonbb's voice sound so strange to me...hohoho..

Write to me :) Is it raining very heavily in Hong Kong? I read it in ppl's facebook status. haha.

Take care
angieeeeeeeeeeee