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25 February, 2010
Travel
Holy Cross Hospice

Holy Cross Hospice Gaborone, BotswanaGabarone, Botswana. February 22th, 2010
The Holy Cross Hospice in Gaborone provides care and support to the terminally ill and patients with life limiting illnesses, orphans and vulnerable children (OVC), and their families and caregivers in Gaborone.

NameHoly Cross Hospice, Gaborone, BotswanaAimProviding care and support to the terminally …

Africa, Botswana, Gaborone, healthcare
25 February, 2010
Travel
Kagisano Women’s shelter project / jewelry workshop

Kagisano Women’s shelter projectGabarone, Botswana. February 21th, 2010
Kagisano provides shelter for abused women and supports them with vocational training. One of their projects is a paper maché jewelry workshop in Gaborone.

We visit the workshop and make a donation to provide some supplies for the handicraftproject.

NameKagisano Women’s shelter project / …

Africa, arts, Botswana, Gaborone, Kagisano, women, women's shelter project
22 February, 2010
Travel
Oasis

Oasis Harare, ZimbabweHarare, Zimbabwe. February 15th, 2010
Oasis works with street children in Harare, Zimbabwe giving them a brighter future and keeping them on the right track.

We support Oasis with a donation and assist in a hip hop workshop for the kids.

NameOasis, Harare, ZimbabweAimTo assist the street children of Harare: …

Africa, children, Harare, Oasis, street children, Zimbabwe
21 February, 2010
Travel
Streets Ahead

Streets Ahead, Harare, ZimbabweHarare, Zimbabwe. February 15th, 2010Streets Ahead supports at risk street children in Harare by offering them emergency shelter, workshops like Capoeira, and vocational training like basket weaving and candle making.

We visit streets ahead and exchange ideas with its friendly director; we support this cause with a donation.

NameStreets …

Africa, children, Harare, street children, Zimbabwe
20 February, 2010
Travel
Terra Nova

Terra Nova, Beira, MocambiqueBeira, Mozambique. February 7th – 9th, 2010Terra Nova is a unique social business, set up by a young French woman, producing compost by recycling urban market waste in Beira, Mocambique.

We help building a shelter for the local workers at the project site, and translating for their website.

…

Africa, Beira, environmental, flore, Mozambique, Τerra Nova
14 February, 2010
Travel
January 25-27. Goodbye Nairobi.

Our old Kayole rhythm drags us into a slow speed goodbye to Kenya. We do visit some more corporates to poll if they would be interested in sponsoring Vision Alive and the Rainbow Center.

14 February, 2010
Travel
January 23-24. Mombasa.

A very fortunate series of hitches takes us to Nairobi and from there to Mombasa, where we arrive very early in the morning, sit on a bench and gaze at the merely male, mostly Indian swimmers. We have a good time in Mombasa, eating out in a phenomenal restaurant and sleeping in a very affordable …

Haiti, Kenya, Mombasa
14 February, 2010
Travel
January 17-22. Finishing the Rainbow.

Those are the days in which we finish the painting of the orphanage and travel back to Nairobi to talk to corporates interested in sponsoring our initiative.

We feel very welcome and are glad to see Philip again. The walls have been plastered but they need some time to dry, so the painting can’t …

CEC, Kenya, Kisumu, Obama, rainbow, Rainbow Center 1 Comment
11 February, 2010
Travel
January 17-27. Finishing up our orphanage and hitching back to Nairobi.
3 February, 2010
Travel
Cultural Center Muodjo

Maputo, Mozambique. February 2nd – 4th, 2010Muodjo’s mission it o assist vulnerable children and develop their cultural abilities, with special focus on streets children and orphans.

We supply materials for an exhibition they organize with pictures the children drew.

NameMuodjo Cultural Center, Maputo rural area, MozambiqueAimTo assist vulnerable children and develop their …

Africa, arts, Cultural Center, Maputo, Mozambique 1 Comment
31 January, 2010
Travel
January 16. Obama’s grandmother.

Later than planned, well, the whole concept of planning erodes like the barren soil of deforestated plains, we leave for Kogelo, the village where Obama’s grandmother and aunt live. I must tell you straight away it’s a publicity thing. Visiting this village, saying hello to the grandmother of the officially most powerful man – i …

grandmother, Kogelo, Obama 1 Comment
31 January, 2010
Travel
January 13-15. To the village.

An Irish priest is not necessarily a Samaritan.
We wake up in Talek and get a ride to Narok. But it is too late to hitch further to Kisumu and we are stuck for the night. A friendly guy, county clerk by profession, brings us to the house of an Irish priest. He is not
…

hitchhiking, Irish priest, Kenya, Kisumu, village
31 January, 2010
Travel
January 12. Birthday.

It’s my birthday today. We get up at five am but of course Mr. Maasai Chief is not there. We ring him and he is still far away. We decide to go with another car and it seems we are going to have a friendly relation with the driver. But he has smelled money. He …

birthday, Elephant, Hartebeest, Hippo, Kenya, Lion, ostrich, Rhino, safari, Talek, vulture, Water Buffalo, Wildebeest
31 January, 2010
Travel
Januari 1-11. Kayole. Joy Valley. Safari walk. Cheetah. Narok.

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We get up early enough to make it to Kisumu town on time.
We have an interview with Mr. Masese for The Standard.
Then we take the bus back to Nairobi.
We arrive in the darkness, we meet some other couchsurfers who are enthousiastic about CT.
We have a chicken meal at Alanya’s place,
…

cheetah, joy valley, Kayole, Kenya, maasai, Narok, safari 1 Comment
31 January, 2010
Travel
January 1. What exactly is a Community Excellence Center?

The idea is simple. In our information age we can share knowledge and expertise with a relatively low cost of resources. So we should support needy communities to do so. A CEC is a center in a small, mostly rural, community of say 1,000 people that functions as a link to the outside …

CEC, Cente, Community Ecellence Center, Kenya, Vision Alive 1 Comment
31 January, 2010
Travel
December 31. Happy.

Churchill is one of the community elders. We have our first press conference today. Unfortunately, the M.P. and the deputy mayor don’t show up. We have put a tent in front of our orphanage and sit there on the couches we have taken from the house to answer questions.

A pastor has come …

Churchill, happy, Kenya, Kisian, Kisumu, New Year, press conference
31 January, 2010
Travel
December 27-30. Those days before newyear.

At 7:30 we start working with five people to complete the wallframes and prepare for the concrete foundation of the brick wall. We need more cement and metal rods. Perhaps the “big guy” in the village can chip in with a little donation. Until then, I have to play the big guy myself.

We …

Christmas, Kisian, Kisumu, New Year
31 January, 2010
Travel
December 25-26. Merry.

If you are a special a Luo host will serve you chicken. On our first night here this happened. A hen walked in and out in the afternoon. We didn’t hear her at night as we tasted the rosy strong flesh of Kenyan chicken. But christmas is something else. We have a goatmeal today, and …

Christmas, Kenya, Kisumu, rainbow, sunset, Vision Alive
31 January, 2010
Travel
December 23-24. Those days before Christmas…

If buildings are painted in Kenya, the chances are high that they show the logos of one of the four mobile phone companies: safaricom, zain, orange, and yu. They pay people if they let them paint their houses with their bright green, purple, orange logos. We are proud to erect the first building with non-commercial …

cash, Kenya, Kisumu, white skin 1 Comment
30 January, 2010
Travel
December 22. Things are getting serious.

Things are getting serious. In Kisumu, I withdraw 100,000 Kenyan Shillings to buy most of the materials in a warehouse. Willis and Philip will do it on my behalf, since they are in a much better position to bargain.

We cut the wood for the walls with machetes, and we are told that they …

hot sun, Kenya, machete
27 January, 2010
Travel
December 21. Ilja’s birthday. Beginning of the orphanage.

And so we wake up and look around. We are in a house made of mud, the traditional Luo way of building, and we are surrounded by cattle, chicken, children, long grass and aloe vera plants. This is it. They show us the plot of land where we are going to build the orphanage and …

orphanage, Vision Alive
27 January, 2010
Travel
December 20. Lake Victoria!

We have a safe but exhausting Matatu journey to Kisumu, Kenya’s third largest city, where we install ourselves for the first time in the cybercafé in the Megaplaza, which will become our main communication channel for the next weeks. We meet Philip, the future managing director of the orphanage, and like him at first sight. …

flowers, Kenya, Kisian, Kisumu, orphanage, rainbow, Vision Alive
27 January, 2010
Travel
December 13-19. Chameleon.

Picking up Yeon from the airport early in the morning. Her flight is delayed so we wait and introduce ourselves to a British lady who is on her way to Tanzania. There she is – she has made it, and we are happy. I brief her about what Charity Travel has been doing in Kenya …

Kenya, Kisian, Kisumu, orphanage
27 January, 2010
Travel
December 13. Nonsensical.

Now let me write something nonsensical. This story takes the form of a travel account where it should be an account of the hopeful truth behind a playing face. You know how much I treasure the simple receipts I get from the pharmacies, hospitals, and groceries where I am buying my aid? I cherish it …

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