A brief postie from Zanzibar. We wrote one the other day but the computer let us down again. So here goes....... Stone Town is easy to get lost in as it is a maze of narrow streets and markets. We took a short boat ride to an off shore island which had a sanctuary for giant tortoises whiuch lived up to their name. Then we transfered to our resort for 3 days of rand r.(we needed it after two stressfully long days of truck travel). It was too hot to move and...

Last weekend we had to occupy all the boys while one member of staff and his family were being sacked and removed from the shelter. Unfortunately they were still there by Monday morning and he was able to contionue to cause all the disruption he had been causing. On the saturday we took all 40 boys swimming which involved 3 hours of walking to and from the Kenya Wildlife Service pool. Lunch was taken in the bush with Zebra poking their noses in on us every so...

Hi everyone, just a quick postcard to let you know what we have been up to lately. Its hot and dusty and we have had no rains for 3 weeks now, even though we are in the short rains season. we have now successfully sold many of the items of jewellry we have made at the shelter. I think we may have begun a small cottage industry for the boys to carry on developing. I have tried to put together a few items to send home to mum, Su, Winnie, Nikki, Nicky and Cate. A...

Hi everybody, this is now my 2nd attempt at writing this postcard as I mysteriously lost all my wiritng in the middle of a sentence...I was about to take the mick out of Nikki and Andy, maybe this machine has met you before and is defending your honour!! Pete has gone to the photo shop to pick up our digital photo disc so hopefully we should have photos on the web soon. I am in the computer place with one of the boys from the shelter where we are staying. John is...

hi guys, am in control of the keyboard now so here is our first postcard from the edge (J). Life at the shelter is a combination of bliss and sheer frustration. It is an idyllic location and the boys are fab but the politics around the workings of it and the delays waiting for anything to arrive or be organised are maddening at times. Still our money is going an incredibly long way here. I bought 41 pairs of shoes for 87pounds last week! If only they were for me....