So.. I fundraised about $2500. Where did your donations go? - - Textbooks supplied for the children at the rural orphanage in Kinangop - - A new tyre for my host dad's car as without it he could not commute to the ''local'' (2 hour drive) town for supplies for the orphans - - Snacks for the students at the adult special needs school in Kibera slum- 1 treat a week where they could have food to break up their monotonous diets -...

The last two weeks of my trip were a real mix of emotions- excitement to come home and see my family and friends, sadness at leaving the students and feeling a bit lost at the idea of coming home not having a volunteering project to work on. Three other volunteers at the house were completing teaching placements at a school within the slum, and they spoke regularly about the need within the school for supplies. Children had to share a set of stationary amo...

Weeks 8-10 Hi all, Sorry for the slack blogging- the weeks just seem to fly by! So..the last few weeks… I learnt how to make traditional Kenyan food. The volunteers on my project, Mary Alice and Sarah, and I spent the day at our special needs teacher house from our school. Our two teachers taught us to make popular Kenyan meals- chapati, ugali and sukuma, even grading us on our ability to make these local foods! The bus ride home depicted a typica...

Hi guys, The last fortnight had a slow start as I was still recovering from a head cold. Bugs here seem to take ages to shake-? from the limited variety in the diet, or just from sharing a house with 20 other people. The other volunteer I´m working on my project with, Mary Alice, had a meeting with the staff at the school about their performance. As most volunteers are only here a short time, the problems with our current paid staff had gone unaddressed for a...

Another hectic few weeks. I can't remember what date I updated last, so apologies for any repetition. The most stressful recent event that had everyone contacting me was the terrorist attack in a shopping centre, which only ended a few days ago. Luckily, I was on safari when it started, and was hours from Nairobi. When I came back to the city, it was recommended we stay away from our local shopping centre for a while, as it was the exact same as the one that wa...