Meandering home

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 ...

7 December, 2009 7 November, 2018

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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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7 December, 2009 7 November, 2018

Africa, children, education, human rights, Kenya, Nairobi, orphanage

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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, ...

7 December, 2009 7 November, 2018

famine, joy valley, Kenya, Nairobi, orphanage

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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 ...

7 December, 2009 7 November, 2018

Africa, children, joy valley, Kenya, Nairobi, orphanage, orphans, Soweto

The good life, Travel

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 ...

7 December, 2009 7 November, 2018

Kenya, Kenyan visa, Nairobi, Willys

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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 ...

7 December, 2009 7 November, 2018

Cairo, caritas, Egypt, Nairobi

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November 30. Caritas Egypt.

7 December, 2009 7 November, 2018

Cairo, caritas, Egypt, Nairobi

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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 ...

7 December, 2009 7 November, 2018

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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 ...

7 December, 2009 7 November, 2018

Cairo, Pharao

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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. ...

7 December, 2009 7 November, 2018

Alexandria, banana, essence, Giseh, Giza, Mudi, pyramid, scolding

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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 ...

7 December, 2009 7 November, 2018

dead soul, Gogol, Science fiction

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