I’ve been on the road for the last week. First flew up with Helen to the Northern Frontier where she has a Camel Safari business and the sweetest camp on earth. This is where we also have a school, the Milgis primary that we support and built one of the classrooms. The kids are doing great and are always happy when I come. The little ones will usually sing me a song and the big kids know I always bring them a soccer ball or two and mechanical pencils that they love. I bring them photos from the last trip for them to keep which they get very excited about. They have just over one hundred kids now at this school and lost one teacher but added two more. The school is thriving and always a joy to visit. I walk to and from Helen’s camp 10 kilometers away so I try and start very early so I can get back to camp before the debilitating heat hits. Upwards of over a hundred everyday, which is a bit much for me!
The night before I left it rained good and instantly things start turning green…the dry river beds flowed all around us making incredible noise as the water rushed down in muddy brushes filled torrents and even created rapids…not something you want to get caught up in as you will go with it! Even small elephants can get swept away! I got a hop down from Helen’s camp to Nairobi on a cessna that dropped Helen’s next safari off. A beautiful flight over stunning landscape, over herds of elephants, giraffe, Cape buffalo and much more. Unfortunately a bummer to then land in the dirty chaos of Nairobi!!
I’ll stay in Nairobi a few days. Yesterday we went to visit our little family in the slums. It was a wet muddy day which makes the slums even more depressing! The Mom (Maureen) and the youngest boy (Richard Spice–great name!) are sick with malaria and Brigette, the older girl, is fighting something also. The other three kids seemed well and their beautiful faces light up when they see me pull up. It is too dangerous to go to their shack so we parked at the Catholic Church. I brought medicine and warm clothes, school supplies and a couple balls for the kids. We then went food shopping for extra supplies as I leave six months worth of rent and food money with the church and Maureen goes once a month and picks it up. Just hope to keep her healthy for these kids…not sure what to do when she dies as she has AIDS. She’s a good committed Mom and the kids all very bright and doing well in school. The Dad died from AIDS years ago.
Back at the Nairobi house sorting things out with Mary and our projects….time is always short for the two of us together anymore as she goes south to her camp in the bush to study cheetahs and I go north to be with my kids… so always lots to go over… Rainy and muddy in Nairobi and the traffic HORRIBLE!!!!!!!! The driving of Kenyans is really something to see/experience….truly unbelievable! Back to Gilgil with Susan on Tuesday…..
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