December 8-10 Eldoret. A first-class graduation.
Today we travel to Eldoret for Willys’ graduation. We are delayed a bit but we still make it. I take my chloroquine phosphate tablet to be on the safe side in case the mosquitos bite. The ride to Eldoret is long but comfortable since the east-west highway has been reconstructed recently. Upon arrival Willys has …
december 7. Online
I work in a fastfood restaurant and get most things done. After eight hours of typing and clicking the websites are almost up-to-date and email-correspondence has been dealt with. It was nice not to complain about the massively delayed order and the white coffee they mistakenly brought me.
I am excited about next …
Rainbow Community Excellence Center
In a small village near Kisumu, we have built an orphanage together with our Kenyan friends. Charity Travel provided building materials and wages for the workers. Many local and international volunteers helped out. Thanks! More than the foundation had been done after 2 weeks A small community can have a great vision. When we traveled …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
