Conga lines, Computer Lessons and Amazing Grace for the Vice President of Kenya
recorder students
conga line at the harambee
I just got back from the ‘mega harambee’ fundraiser. It’s been a full on 2 days with all of us hard at work. I have been struggling with getting the internet to work and finding the time to blog with so much going on but i really want to keep everyone up to date with our progress. Forgive me for my sloppy writing and the lack of piccys. I’ll try to upload some in a few days.
Marnie and Meg have been sooo busy doing last minute rehearsals for the music program, Lena has been doing drama workshops with the primary school kids and also teaching computer lessons to the teachers with Megs help. We have been asked to send huge kikuyu thank you to all of you who donated the laptops. The teachers are so grateful to be able to learn how to use a computer and these laptops are going to make their lives so much easier!
Kelli and I, along with Ibrahim, one of our kiandu.com committee members over here, have spent yesterday strategizing logistics for the ‘Shine’ program next weekend and also in meetings with the education department and teachers.
Gary has been busy meeting with people and managing the process of the school farm and greenhouses. This is part of a project to ensure that every child that comes to Kiandu primary school eats at least one good meal per day. The committee over here say Gary is heaven sent.
Busy busy busy! We all got to the dinner table last night looking totally exhausted but sharing eachother stories of magic moments and some laughs.
My favourite moment from todays ‘Mega Harambee’ was dancing and singing and playing with the children while we waited for the vice president of Kenya to arrive for the fundraiser. We were just fooling around and giggling and teaching eachother songs and doing conga lines.
The harambee went well. Marnies music team played recorder and sang the Kenyan national anthem and also amazing grace. The students looked so proud! These were kids who gave up their holiday time to come and learn recorder for hours every day for the past 2 weeks.
All the monies raised from this day go to creating a library for the highschool which is next door to Kiandu primary school. Meg, Marnie and Gary also presented the school with a cheque for $500 donated from Killarney heights highshool and were thanked for their contribution by the vice president of Kenya.
My lovely volunteers also got to meet quite a few members of our Kiandu committee yesterday which was wonderful. I was so so happy to see them again!!
We are off on a safari to relax for a day tomorrow then back into it on Monday!
traditional kikuyu dancers
greenhouse going up for school feeding program