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Diaries from Kenya

We would like to thank these volunteers for taking the time to write about some of their experiences in Kenya.

HIV/AIDS program

Annie, from Australia
"I myself learnt a lot about the difficulties these people face with the fear and stigma that surrounds their illness. They told their personal stories and many talked about how their families see them as a burden...." > Read More

Orphanage program

Mark, from the U.K.
"The next day we'd arranged to go and distribute some food aid in Maasailand. The morning we did this a truck carrying lots of donated trees up to Simba got stuck in the mud in the forest." > Read More

Tessa, from the U.K.
"The kitchen shack at Marys flooded and we continued to cook lunch in there with rain pouring through the roof... My shoes are now unrecognisable, and I cleverly wore long baggy trousers which by the end of the day were fully saturated in Kibera love mud! ummm lovely, my skin is now ingrained with Kenyan dirt!" > Read More

Mary, from the U.S.A.
"Friday, I had Terezia (age between 5 and 7) fall asleep on me for the better part of an hour while I was singing songs with the other girls. Which reminds me, I really have to look up the words to "Sixteen Going On Seventeen", because it's one of their favourites, and I actually don't know the words." > Read More

Andy, from the U.S.A.
"The reason this little girl was crying....was simply because she did not know the answer....After Perez and I were finished, she looked up at me after wiping her eyes and said in the quietest voice to where I had to lean in to hear her, "Thank you." That made this whole trip worth it." > Read More

Josee, from Canada
"Becky and I brought Mama Tunza and head teacher to visit an organization that is 'supposed' to help orphanages. I got a glimpse at the bureaucracy and the realities of life here. First, they had no food or clothes. They are constantly seeking donations from churches, locals, etc. We left with 10kg of cooking fat." > Read More

Joelfre, from the U.S.A.
"If you cannot be open to seeing bound chickens in a staff room, 67 children in a classroom, eating more than you desire because it's offered, seeing 8, 9, and 10 year olds handling machetes the size of your leg, then you may want to rethink your placements and mostly your personal mission for coming to a developing nation." > Read More

IDP Camp Program and HIV/AIDS Program

Annie, from Australia
"I can't believe I'll be back at my desk next week - Yuck!! But reality calls for paying the bills and saving some more money so that I can return here again next year." > Read More

Medical Health Program

Alison
"I had felt badly that we hadn't done more to support the hospital or advance it's programs. But it was made clear to me that our work was more than sufficient and very greatly appreciated." > Read More