Pentecost weekend in Kenya

Today we had the first part of our food distribution which from now will be parted on two days to make the handling easier. Over the weekend many things happened. We tried to inspire women and men to hang their clothes properly on the laundry line and to use clothes-pins. It's my opinion that you can teach everybody, regardless of age and gender. Fundi and the electrician had work to do and most of the displaced peoples were playing or resting in the garden. Some of them asked for a second blanket because it gets quite cold during the night. Unfortunately we don't have enough. If the Red Cross is inspired to send some more blankets, it would be great! In the meantime I will check in town if there are any sleeping bags at reasonable prices. The people in the camp slowly adapt to cooking in large pans collecvtively what they didn't used to do before. Over the weekend we also got the promised delivery of gravels generously sponsored by the Young company. Again we had power brakes over the last days which makes it difficult to make the needed office work. Mr. Maina Muhia (WFP) also payed a short visit to our hospital and said that our tent camp is the best organized of all he had seen in Kenya. So our hard work gets rewarded! - Mama Matata

Mama Matata (Ruth Schäfer) after a long and intense
work day in her storage container