We arrived in Kenya at five am after a short and easy plane ride from Cairo. We were greeted at the airport by Jono's Aunt Diane and Moses Ndungu, the director of Children's Garden, the home and school that we would be living and working at for the next four weeks. After hugs and hellos, we were in the car, heading to the Kawangware slums, just outside of Nairobi. As soon as we arrived, even though it was so early, we were greeted by smiling children and some of the workers at the center. We wasted no time in getting to know the children, the workers and the teachers at Childrens Garden.
Our first week there was spent learning the ropes. We had it easy though, because Jono's Aunt and our friend Alicia Labelle, had already been at Childrens Garden for the past 2 weeks. They gave us insight to what we should be doing. We spent our time with the children in school, teaching them songs and guitar, working in the house, reading together, and just hanging out. Also, during our first week we were lucky enough to go on Safari to Lake Nakuru, about three hours away from Nairobi. We went with Aunt Diane, Alicia, and five of the students from the home. We left for our safari early in the morning, and by ten am we were in the park looking for animals. We were able to see many animals, including a rare white rhino, before lunch time. At lunch, while eating our sandwiches, we were attacked by baboons, who were set on taking our well prepared lunch and eating it. As the baboon attacked, the nine of us screamed and ran back to the van. However, our driver, who thought this was hilarious, just sat there and laughed. We urged him to go, but he wouldn't budge, at least not until the largest one was in front of us and threatening us to jump into our van through the roof! Finally, our driver sped away, and we were back to looking for animals. That day, we saw flamingos, baboons, hyenas, giraffes, monkeys, gazelles and impalas. On the whole, it was a great safari.
That week we also took a small trip just outside of Nairobi, to see the Bomas of Kenya. The Bomas is a show put on to showcase different dances from the different tribes of Kenya. We went with Alicia, and two students from the home. We enjoyed the dances, even though the atmosphere wasn't the greatest. After the dances, we were able to walk around the compound, and see how the different tribes lived and what life was like for them.
We had no trouble settling in to what would be our new home for the next couple of weeks and we found that it was a place that we were surrounded by smiles and greeted with warm hearts. Meet the faces of Children's Garden.
We arrived in Kenya at five am after a short and easy plane ride from Cairo. We were greeted at the airport by Jono's Aunt Diane and Moses Ndungu, the director of Children's Garden, the home and school that we would be living and working at for the next four weeks. After hugs and hellos, we were in the car, heading to the Kawangware slums, just outside of Nairobi. As soon as we arrived, even though it was so early, we were greeted by smiling children and some of the workers at the center. We wasted no time in getting to know the children, the workers and the teachers at Childrens Garden.
Our first week there was spent learning the ropes. We had it easy though, because Jono's Aunt and our friend Alicia Labelle, had already been at Childrens Garden for the past 2 weeks. They gave us insight to what we should be doing. We spent our time with the children in school, teaching them songs and guitar, working in the house, reading together, and just hanging out. Also, during our first week we were lucky enough to go on Safari to Lake Nakuru, about three hours away from Nairobi. We went with Aunt Diane, Alicia, and five of the students from the home. We left for our safari early in the morning, and by ten am we were in the park looking for animals. We were able to see many animals, including a rare white rhino, before lunch time. At lunch, while eating our sandwiches, we were attacked by baboons, who were set on taking our well prepared lunch and eating it. As the baboon attacked, the nine of us screamed and ran back to the van. However, our driver, who thought this was hilarious, just sat there and laughed. We urged him to go, but he wouldn't budge, at least not until the largest one was in front of us and threatening us to jump into our van through the roof! Finally, our driver sped away, and we were back to looking for animals. That day, we saw flamingos, baboons, hyenas, giraffes, monkeys, gazelles and impalas. On the whole, it was a great safari.
That week we also took a small trip just outside of Nairobi, to see the Bomas of Kenya. The Bomas is a show put on to showcase different dances from the different tribes of Kenya. We went with Alicia, and two students from the home. We enjoyed the dances, even though the atmosphere wasn't the greatest. After the dances, we were able to walk around the compound, and see how the different tribes lived and what life was like for them.
We had no trouble settling in to what would be our new home for the next couple of weeks and we found that it was a place that we were surrounded by smiles and greeted with warm hearts. Meet the faces of Children's Garden.
2 comments:
heh, "Lion King Type Tree". That made me laugh.
Love the pictures.
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