Author: tyfairclough

The volunteers have arrived in Nairobi and had their experience marred by corrupt police threatening to arrest one of them for smoking on the street. I’ve reported the incident to the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission but of course the officer didn’t give a name or badge number. Luckily, despite an initial attempt to take a Ksh20,000…

Sam & Beckee are now in Nairobi with Douglas, at Ingrids Education Centre Sam has been in Kenya for a month already, assisting Tony at the RABUOR Self Help Group in western Kenya and will NOW spend some time in the Matopeni slum area before moving onto another project. The “oasis” that is Ingrid’s is…

Rhiannon, one of our volunteers from earlier this year has just written a fantastic report on the Mercy Home; her expereinces and lessons volunteering in Kenya.You can read it online at DocStoc here. There are valuable lessons to come from the report so try to read it.Rhi’s FB photos are also here if you’re “on…

Sunday 21 June, Fathers Day in the UK, welcomed the 3 Head Teachers from the Mida, Mbarackachembe & Mzizima Primary Schools in Kenya, East Africa for a 10 day visit. Today I had the pleasure of being hosted by Nidderdale High School with Nicholas, Kanunda and Sirus. We were there to learn some of the…

Time for planning and time for preparing. I’m about to ride off on a charity event for 7 days so wanted to touch base to remind everyone about arrivals in Nairobi. Please confirm flight arrivals. We’ve changed venue for the orientation. Everyone will be gathering at Nairobi’s International Youth Hostel. You can book your own…