My days in Kenya are over but I am filled with what the country has taught me. The countries graciousness consumed me and I did find the poorer one was, the more they shared. I learned the value of fresh food and what it meant to actually eat properly. I started cooking for myself for
This week we were working outside Nairobi in Thika at Kiganjo primary school redoing a classroom for special needs children. Before going, I was picturing a Canadian-like classroom with electricity, lights, school supplies and books. The classroom had none of these. It was a tiny room with some broken windows, dirty walls and a stack
Hi! I’m Leah, I’m from Revelstoke, BC, Canada and I arrived in Kenya on Saturday, March 27th. It has been a life long goal of mine of volunteer abroad, coming from Canada my life has been full of privilege and safety. I’ll always remember travelling to third world countries with my family growing up and
I’m just finishing the most intense two and half weeks I’ve maybe ever lived through. It was extreme on all levels but contrasted with life changing as well. When I started this journey, I told myself and Deanne that I think I need a break from nursing. I wanted to do orphanage work and teaching,
I have recently come to realize that my biggest downfall in life is expectations! Yes I have high expectations and not everyone does, I am a perfectionist and like things to be done a certain way and on time. Not everybody is like this. I have to train myself somehow to be able to let
My time in Maasai land has come to an end and what an adventure it has been. It was the hardest assignment thus far but ultimately the most rewarding and impactful. I've realized a lot of things and I'm still processing others, as always. Something that has been engrained in me deeply is advocacy. Whole-hearted
Volunteering has shifted into another phase and what an experience it has been! I got the opportunity to live in Maasai land with their tribe on a compound and teach 4th grade at the local Maasai school. It puts my first world life into a crazy perspective! No running water, no toilets, no electricity, no
My first assignment volunteering is at an amazing children’s home and I’ve experienced so much in so little time. This orphanage has almost a 100 orphans and they run the place like a true dream! I was ecstatic while being given the tour to see how self sustainable they continuously work to be. First they
Kenya has quickly shown itself on what an amazing and vastly different country it is. Yesterday was our city tour of Nairobi, which was unique and incredible. We got to see and meet all different types of animals around the city- giraffes, ostriches, turtles, crocodiles, and monkeys. We were able to view the city from
But this isn’t just a story about her it’s a story about her and her 3 siblings! They are 12, 9, 7 and 5 years old. Their dad abandoned them and left them with their mother, which would be okay, but their mother is an alcoholic, who disappears for days at time. She needs real
