What I would like to do is describe my average day. the problem is, there is no average day here. Everyday things shift and change, i learn something new, I'm back to square one and being the beginner mzungu once more, or I master something and step out of the usual boundaries of my world. The closest thing to normal day during the week begins around 7.30am. I get up and eat breakfast cooked by my house mama, surrogate mother and friend, Charity. I don't know ...

Hi everyone - so much happens here everyday, I don't really have a chance of capturing it in a blog. My biggest challenge at the moment is sponsoring Maria and Cherotich. It's stressful alot of the time. I have to contantly think of the practicalities of arranging for any child's education, except that I will be doing it from a distance. Added to this is that I have constantly check with the Children's Home, their legal guardian, for information. The Home are sup...

Hi everyone - so much happens here everyday, I don't really have a chance of capturing it in a blog. My biggest challenge at the moment is sponsoring Maria and Cherotich. It's stressful alot of the time. I have to contantly think of the practicalities of arranging for any child's education, except that I will be doing it from a distance. Added to this is that I have constantly check with the Children's Home, their legal guardian, for information. The Home are sup...

Hi, I don't know where to begin. I've been working at Nairobi Children's Home for two weeks but the intensity of it makes it feel like a lifetime. I'm not meant to publicly criticize my project, so let me just leave it as 'I would like to'. Nairobi Children's Home's reputation precedes it so I was warned the first day was going to be hard and it lived up to this. Every day I get so exhausted and dirty. It's pretty normal for me to be telling one child off, comfor...

Jambo, just a quick blog to let everyone know that I made it to Kenya. It's hot here but after the humidity of South East Asia I've been toughened up and I don't mind it at all, at 25 degrees it's perfect, although the sun is very strong. Spending so much time backpacking has been really good for me, it's making the challenges here so much easier to face. At the house where I'm living we have running water and electricity, though it is a bit variable and this mo...