Merry christmas everyone
From our small village in western kenya we wish you all a merry christmas and a happy new year, more on the orphanage will follow soon. See you in 2010.
Year: 2009
Zion Assembly Church of God
Nairobi. Kenya. December 13th, 2009The Zion Assembly Church of God invites us and our Kenyan friends to tell about 100 children about their rights not to be abused.
Apart from the workshop, we also provide a meal for the children.
NameZion Assembly Church of GodAimChildren's Rights Sensitizing and Sustainable Feeding ProgramSince2000Staff12 people ...
Apart from the workshop, we also provide a meal for the children.
NameZion Assembly Church of GodAimChildren's Rights Sensitizing and Sustainable Feeding ProgramSince2000Staff12 people ...
december 6. Going to Church.
A lazy sunday morning. Then we go to church together. Four boys walking through the sunny streets of Kayole with bibles under their arms. I feel it would make a good picture, and it also reminds me of the... Beatles.
In the afternoon I decide to work in the cybershop to tell my ...
In the afternoon I decide to work in the cybershop to tell my ...
december 5. One thing involved.
In downtown Nairobi there are several coffee places offering wifi. I find one after a quest in which I fail to show patience. I get my stuff done anyway.
This is a variation to an HIV awareness talk for adolescents:
If you sleep with someone, there are two things involved: either you protect ...
This is a variation to an HIV awareness talk for adolescents:
If you sleep with someone, there are two things involved: either you protect ...
december 4. Clubbin’
We are all lazy. We get up late. We have a long breakfast. I borrow the book "enduring love" by Ian Mc. Ewan and start to read it. I also manage to write the stories of the last few days sitting at home with my laptop in my lap. I again apologize for the English ...
December 3. Sensitizing and Awareness in a slum school
Today, we repeat what we did yesterday in Duncan's school. He comes to pick us up with his rickety minivan (later he'll tell me he sold his fancy car to build up the school) and we drive to an other part of the city, to a slum with streets of mud and shacks made of ...
Vision for the lost souls ministries
Vision for the lost souls, NairobiNairobi, Kenya. December 7th, 2009The Vision for the Lost Souls orphanage in Nairobi is well managed and has received considerable media attention. The director is also supporting a school in Ciongombé.
We hold a sensitizing session for 187 kids and show them a movie with our pocket projector.
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We hold a sensitizing session for 187 kids and show them a movie with our pocket projector.
December 2. Joy Valley. Famined orphans.
After a good night's sleep, we start right away, sensitizing in an orphanage called Joy Valley in a slum called Soweto after the South African province. What is the difference between a slum and the house I am living here, at walking distance from Soweto? Slums have semi-permanent buildings made of iron plates, no electricity, ...
Joy Valley Orphanage
Joy Valley is a struggling extremely poor orphan home and informal school in a slum area of Nairobi. Children are underfed, the school is treatened with closure by the government. We visit the orphan home several times, sensitize the children, and support money for sustainable income generation: a chicken coop, a sewing machine. Jared Otieno ...
December 1. Touchdown in Nairobi.
The plane touches down in Nairobi. It's a new month, and a new continent. Immigration issues are swiftly dealt with; I learn they lowered the price for a visa to 25 dollars to attract more tourists. In the entrance hall the first thing I do is talking to a stranger, and after I made him ...
November 30. Caritas Egypt.
In the morning, after a good Egyptian breakfast, we visit Caritas Egypt as planned, and I ask a few questions about a center they are running in a more modest neighbourhood of the city. It sounds like they are doing real good work there so I decide to focus more on it ...
November 30. Caritas Egypt.
In the morning, after a good Egyptian breakfast, we visit Caritas Egypt as planned, and I ask a few questions about a center they are running in a more modest neighbourhood of the city. It sounds like they are doing real good work there so I decide to focus more on it and shortly after, ...
November 28. Reaching anybody?
After some five weeks, I become more and more convinced that the idea of Charity Travel works. Many travelers I meet on my way are enthousiastic about it, which shows me it has potential. What we have to do is
a) Reach a larger audience. I am trying everything within legal boundaries to do ...
a) Reach a larger audience. I am trying everything within legal boundaries to do ...
November 27. Pharaonic village.
The pharaonic village is definitely worth a visit. Obviously, it is a tourism getaway of the purest kind, but if you want to refresh your knowledge about ancient Egypt, this is your place. I enter the village in the early afternoon and take a smooth boatride passing a dozen divine statues listening to the synchronized ...
November 25. Pyramids and idiots.
We visited caritas Egypt yesterday morning. Finding their office was quite a challenge as it is hidden away in a very lively district, away from the main street. We have to cross a huge market and I like it. The office is not luxurious and I like that too. Simplicity means sincerity. They really care. ...
November 25. Ultimate sciencefiction.
The ultimate science fiction story. Gogolian.
In the year 2079 the informational content of our brain can be copied onto other strata. Most souls are depending on silicon to survive after their biological bodies have died. Silicon is much slower though than brain tissue. For the dead souls this does not matter since they have ...
In the year 2079 the informational content of our brain can be copied onto other strata. Most souls are depending on silicon to survive after their biological bodies have died. Silicon is much slower though than brain tissue. For the dead souls this does not matter since they have ...
Misa village
Poor family in Misa Village, CairoThe Misa Village is within sight of the Pyramids, yet poverty is ubiquitous here.
We decide to support one family on the eve of an important religious celebration and by shoes for the children.
Namefamily in Misa village near GizaAimTo allow a destitute muslim family to celebrate ...
We decide to support one family on the eve of an important religious celebration and by shoes for the children.
Namefamily in Misa village near GizaAimTo allow a destitute muslim family to celebrate ...
November 24. Pondering possibilities in Cairo
An easy day in the café, updating and promoting my internet presence. It seems to take off now. Looking for Charity and Travel on google gets you to my website. I have to spend long hours behind the machine now in order to be seen. Shouting like a rough salesman on a fish market buy ...
November 23. Gaza.
Mohammed wakes me up at six, and I go to the bus with a disconcerting feeling of insecurity. Will I get into Gaza? Will I be searched? Questioned? Will I get stuck in Gaza? Hit by an Israeli bomb or bullet? I cannot risk too much since the success of my journey is strictly dependent ...
November 22. The Egyptian museum.
Beans for breakfast, sugary tea, and bread. I enjoy being the only foreigner here and take my time before I say goodbye to the friendly staff and walk around in Cairo. At first I try to use the tourist map but its scale and German street names only complicate things. Just walk around, just breath ...
Caritas Egypt
Caritas Egypt, CairoNovember 28th, 2009Caritas Egypt does community outreach in empoverished areas of Cairo. They provide cheap healthcare and vocational training for marginalized and mentally challenged children.
We visit one of their centers in Cairo and make a modest contribution for the education of mentally challenged children.
NameCaritas Egypt, Mataraya centerAimTo help ...
We visit one of their centers in Cairo and make a modest contribution for the education of mentally challenged children.
NameCaritas Egypt, Mataraya centerAimTo help ...
November 23. Gaza or Giza?
Daughters of Charity, BethlehemGroups for peace, RamallahPhilippine embassy shelter, AmmanBourj El-Barajneh, BeirutAÇEV, AdanaCaritas Syria, Aleppo
November 21.
I get back to downtown Cairo today, have a good breakfast, and work in a nice café. In the evening, some very nice guys take me out and tell me about the soccer tragedy that is going on between Algeria and Egypt. We have some tea together before they take me to a youth hostel ...