An invitation from the Thugunui School

rs. The Head Teacher of the Thugunui School up the mountain invited me to see him. Although it is Saturday today, I found the school in session. Danson Kinyita, told me that the children have to get some extra lessons because they missed so much in the beginning of the year because of the riots. As I realized in which conditions the children have to live, I thought of the big difference to the situation in Switzerland. Here, you have wholes in the floor, windows without glass, a nearly invisible blackboard and not even every child has a notebook on his own. Nevertheless they seem to happy.

Visiting Naivasha and the large greenhouses

rs. Today we went to Naivasha city, about an hour drive from Nakuru. In fact we wanted to bring our monthly report to the MOH (Ministry of Health) and I also wanted to check about possible food aid in the future. But unfortunately nobody was there. So, I will try again next week and better get an appointment before. As we had a little time left we went to visit the big farms that also house the Havelaar Roses that are being shipped all over the world from here. In midst the new greenhouses we discovered the poor housings of the locals. Most of the farms are owned by white people.

Children's day

rs. Today we had a children's day. The babies were weighed and those who missed the vaccination last time, received it today. We also had the visit of John, one of my "street boys" who usually look after my car when I am in Nakuru city. He was happy to see me and complained about leg pains. He had a small infection and had to take some medications. He then waited until I went home to get a lift. He came by hitchhike.

Camels in Nakuru City

rs. Traffic is quite heavy in the streets of Nakuru, but somethimes you also see some unusual sights as these two camels walking through the streets - it looks like the mother and her child. In fact it is the first time that I see camels here in Nakuru. - Click on the picture to see it in large size (as published on the Photo Blog Kenya Photos)

A rainy day gives us time for office work

rs. Today it was raining nearly the whole day and we had enough time to make some controls in the bookkeeping department and generally in the office. This is Wanjara, our doctor. Also Noemi, John and Njaga helped. Such rainy weather is unusual for Kenya. Normally after an hour of rain the sun appears again but today it was quite wet and the temperature dropped to 14 °C.

Teaching the children to play

rs. After placing a letter to the DHL office and collecting my printed matter at the Nakuru Printing Shop I came to the hospital with some simple tools for the children to play with. I was teaching small Peter how to play with the sand. Even without tools you can create beautiful things. We played together for more than an hour before he started off on his own. I hope that the mothers will join me teaching their children the ABC of playing with simple things and to bring joy to the small.