I didn't have a chance to write what I got up to in the last week so here it is.......this is abit of a long one!!........... W/c 26th July On Monday and Tuesday we rotered to be in the two schools, Merithu on Monday and Teikunu on Tuesday. We had practiced the HIV presentation, which we had split into three parts and my group decided to do a non-vocal role play about stigma with Jas being the narrator. We were pretty pleased with it to be fair and so were ou...

Sunday 25th July....as I'm writing this ive just realised the date so must apologise for not texting Dad yesterday and Michelle today. DOH! Happy Birthday! This week has been a slow one! On Monday we were back at Teikunu Primary doing some more teaching aids. I didnt really feel like I'm doing much when we spend alot of time doing those but I suppose they do need them and appreciate our "art" very much! Tuesday was a write off as I stayed off work du...

Friday 16th July Hi All Just a quick one this week..... This week we have been back working at the first school Teikunu Primary which is about 20 mins walk away. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday we were making more teaching aids for them. It was a good job it wasnt anything manual as we all felt really tired! I really like it at that school, it seems more laid back and the Headmaster, Gabriel is really nice. On wednesday we were helping out at a local farm harv...

Week 6 Sunday 11th July Hi All. My blog is a few days late this week due to a power cut in the centre where I access the net! We've had a few power cuts at home to but we made the most of it with music and flashing torches lol. This has probably been our best week yet finished off my a belta weekend! The full week we were doing various community work. On Monday we helped out at a local farm. We were introduces to the family first before helping to harvest the...

Saturday 3rd July Hi All I am exactly half way through my 10 week volunteering placement. I can't believe how fast it is going. I think I'm managing pretty well so far. Everyone is really impressed with my kikuyu. The locals sometimes demand who taught me! I need to start learning the same in Swahili now as I'm sure I'll be back again to do a monster safari J. This has been the week for random animals. Some of the others found a tarantula and I found a ch...