January 2015
When I last emailed all of you Jeana and I were heading to Ngomano...
We left early Tuesday morning expecting to arrive I the village around 2. Instead we arrived at around 3...not bad for Kenya! The ladies welcomed us with dancing and singing. The children were excited to see what we had brought for their school and the ladies were anxious to see how many kiondos we would buy.
After talking with the principal (Stella Musyoka) the students sang to us and welcomed us to the primary school. By and large the kid looked well. The mothers have gotten together with Stella and planted a garden for the school. This helps add to their diet and keep them energized while in class.
All of the items we gave to the primary school we found when returned on this trip. I think??? we may finally have a principal who is there for the students and not themselves. We left more books, charts and chalk for the teachers. In addition, we are purchasing a desperately needed water tank. It is a good start!
We left the village to spend the night in Wote, about 36 km away. We had made reservations but when we arrived at the guesthouse we found they had no rooms for us. Now by this time it is getting dark and the last place you want to be after dark is on the road. One problem we either drive to the next city or we sleep in the car. We chose to take our chances and drive to Machackos.
After arriving safely at the only place to stay in Machackos we were too tired to eat so we made the decision to just go to bed. You must understand that these accommodations are a bit of an adventure! The bathroom door was missing the door knob, the facet on the sink was held together by rust, the shower was placed so water went all over the bathroom floor (no drain), the toilet could only be flushed once in while, however, the beds were clean and we had bug nets! We were happy!
We left early Tuesday morning expecting to arrive I the village around 2. Instead we arrived at around 3...not bad for Kenya! The ladies welcomed us with dancing and singing. The children were excited to see what we had brought for their school and the ladies were anxious to see how many kiondos we would buy.
After talking with the principal (Stella Musyoka) the students sang to us and welcomed us to the primary school. By and large the kid looked well. The mothers have gotten together with Stella and planted a garden for the school. This helps add to their diet and keep them energized while in class.
All of the items we gave to the primary school we found when returned on this trip. I think??? we may finally have a principal who is there for the students and not themselves. We left more books, charts and chalk for the teachers. In addition, we are purchasing a desperately needed water tank. It is a good start!
We left the village to spend the night in Wote, about 36 km away. We had made reservations but when we arrived at the guesthouse we found they had no rooms for us. Now by this time it is getting dark and the last place you want to be after dark is on the road. One problem we either drive to the next city or we sleep in the car. We chose to take our chances and drive to Machackos.
After arriving safely at the only place to stay in Machackos we were too tired to eat so we made the decision to just go to bed. You must understand that these accommodations are a bit of an adventure! The bathroom door was missing the door knob, the facet on the sink was held together by rust, the shower was placed so water went all over the bathroom floor (no drain), the toilet could only be flushed once in while, however, the beds were clean and we had bug nets! We were happy!
Daniel Walker arrived on Saturday to start his work on the documentary. He is not charging us for his work so this is an amazing opportunity! Today we start filming and then it is back to Ngomano tomorrow with great hopes that we have rooms in Ngomano this time!
Cheers from Kenya!
Debra and Jeana
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