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Bad People and Good People
Friday November 21st – Malindi/Mombasa
Brilliance High School in Malindi received 15 computers from Camara and the Lindsey Africa Project in May 2008. In July, a subsequent check on the school found that the computers could not be located (we were told they were in the Director’s home until some renovation work in the school was [...]
A New Start
Wednesday November 19th – Mombasa
Camara is moving its Mombasa hub from Sheikh Khalifa School to the Mombasa Industrial Training Centre (MITC, www.ditkenya.org) and this was my first visit to the place. This centre was built 30 years ago by the Danes who clearly had very ambitious plans and a lot of money to spend on [...]
Old Friends and new start ups
Monday November 17th.
Nearly 20 years ago two fresh faced eager young men were classmates in a prestigious university on the West coast of America. Both had wonderful plans to change the world and make their mark on society.
Rolling forward to today how have they fared? Fifteen years after they first met, one, an ex-Investment [...]
Kenya – week 3
Monday was the last day for the Intermediate ladies and they again got the short straw for being first up for the class – the internet and email demo on the PCs was too slow so they ended up writing their test papers inbetween screens refreshing as I tried to move through my inbox to [...]
Kenya – reflections so far – Gary McD
I am back in Mombasa and its 2 weeks into the trip. Its been a hectic few weeks since I arrived and there is so much to think about and reflect upon already. The overwhelming feedback so far is that the program is working. There are issues around maintenance of the computers but I am [...]
Jambo from Mombasa – week 1
Lothar and I, the team co-ordinators for Kenya08 flew out on Saturday June 28th. Some tips for next years group:
The walk from Terminal 1 to 3 in heathrow is long so think about how much you want to take as hand luggage! I was wishing i had packed the Dorset college certs etc [...]
Expectations – Mary (Team Kenya)
Countdown: 2 weeks to go, less than a week for the co-ordinators.
The team are getting to know each other quickly! At our first group meeting, the conversation immediately got back to basics with a very animated discussion on our packing list – forget our lofty motivations of saving the world – we all wanted to [...]
Expectations – Team Kenya
The pressure is on!
We’re going in just over 3 weeks, just 2 weeks for the co-ordinators. A distant dream is fast becoming a reality. The team has finally all met. Some have most of their volunteer hours done, others are just starting, but everyone is now focused on teaching plans. Three of us are supposed [...]
Team Kenya – less than 3 weeks to go
Departure day is approaching and the days are flying by. It is hard to keep track of everything that needs to be done – for work, for camara and at home – so I am making lists and crossing things off but adding things on also… I’m sure it will be all right [...]
Painful Lessons