School ist starting next week

rs. Peter and his sister are waiting until Mama has finished her laundry. Summer vacation is over and next week school starts again and for many children this means entering a higher class. Some even have to go to Thugunui up the mountain about one hour walking. Here the schools are quite full. The children who have a long way to school asked if they can get a lunchbag so that they can stay there the whole day. If the teachers agree, it's certainly possible.

Meeting people on the way to Thugunui

rs. Today I wanted to go to Thugunui where we have our mountain water station. But on the way I met so many people who wanted to speak with me, that I didn't reach my destination. But anyway it was good to have the possibility to contact the inhabitants. Some of them already started to build a new home here. I could manage to come back before it started to rain.

Active day with Malaria and Diabetes

rs. Many things to do today. Some patients came for a control and one girl was tested which Maleria medication is the correct one. There are various types of Malaria, so we usually make a test first. If you give a wrong medication, it might not help but can endanger the life of the person. Other patients came with Diabetes, still very frequently found here in Kenya. Our doctor Wanjara tries to inform the people in detail about the correct food plans. Some who do not listen come back to us as emergency cases.

A movie for our refugees

rs. Today we had a surprise for our refugees. We installed a screen and a projector and showed them an animated film of 1 1/2 h. Many saw these video machines for the first time in their life.

Fence reparations

Reparations of our fence so that the animals cannot enter our property. Otherways we have the neighbor's chicken in our kitchen!

Catholic church hinders our activities

rs. Our refugee women were in the garden since the morning. They have a lot of joy to cultivate it and to see how their vegetables are growing that they can use in the kitchen. Unfortunately the catholic church, which is our neighbor, only thinks how they can hinder our activities. They went to the Governmental Offices in town to declare that our women ruin their property! By the way we are working on our property which is obvious according to the border lines on the map. So I will have to discuss the matter with the authorities as well as the church people. I always thought that the bible says, "love your next as yourself". But nothing is to feel from this love...

Quiet Sunday with joyful children

We had a quiet Sunday. Most of the refugees went to church.
Our guard Congo was looking after the children.
Some girls were playing, others were even washing clothes.