It’s hard to find
appropriate words to express your emotions and feelings you develop from
meeting these remarkable children. The children of Familia Moja are nothing
like any of the kids we have ever met. It make us smile and shed a tear at the
same time, as once you have experienced for yourself the beauty, appreciation
and kindness of these wonderful kids its sure to change your life forever.
The volunteers
have been working hard on the work site. From shoveling sand to let the cars
drive in, to the brilliant ‘Maguver’ inspired pulley system to make carrying
water easier developed by some of the girls, to sanding and chipping away at
concrete to get the walls ready for painting. Every one is putting in one
hundred percent!
Some of us over
the weekend went to climb Mount Kenya. We were slightly under prepared but
managed to survive by sharing clothes, Vicks, good spirits, laughter and
cuddles! The summit was quite an experience, breath taking to say the least!
The speaker we brought had gone flat so there was no ‘Toto’s Africa’ played on
the mountain, instead we danced the ‘Macarena’ with an impressive summersault
over a rock by Connor! For me, the way back down was the best- we saw Baboons
and a Chameleon that I carried for 2km named Rex ! The bond that has been developed
between us after such a tough climb is unbreakable. Our welcome home from the
other volunteers was phenomenal with more cuddles and love! It’s amazing how
quickly Muiru feels like home and we yearned to be there!
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| Stella running a drama class at Kamwangi Morning Glory Academy |
Some of us have
been teaching in the local schools- Art and Drama classes. It’s very different
from the schools at home! The classrooms are dark and have small windows and
the class sizes vary from 12 to 50. It is amazing how privileged our kids are
back home.
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| The kids at Kamwangi holding aloft their art pieces! |
The volunteers are
taking turns to spend the night at Familia Moja. This week we had a fun night
making Polymer Clay Jewelry. This
caused great excitement at the home and the children’s creativity came through
in the amazing designs they created. While we were there we were able to
witness the maturity and responsibility of the children. Each kid completed
their given duties with a smile- they never complain or whine and it just blows
us all away how different they are to the kids back home. For example without
being told three children left the fun activity to serve their brothers and
sisters dinner.
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| Cass teaching the kids how to make Polymer Clay Jewelry |
Over all every
part of this experience so far has been astonishing!
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