Friends of Mombasa Children Blog
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Jo’s Blogg from her first visit to Kenya
Joanna is a long term supporter and sponsor of this Charity. She is a Trainer of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) and often works one to one with children and young people who have experienced a trauma in their past. Joanna has trained several staff members,...
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From Madonna (Standard 8 student)
A thanking letter read from a standard 8 pupil on behalf of all of the standard 8 class for Carol, Shirley and Jo’s farewell gathering. First of all, I would like to express great appreciation on behalf of my class. It says in Chinese “no appreciation is enough for...
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Maddy’s Blog Day 10
This is where the children wash their hands after they have been to the toilet. The water comes from the well that was built a few years ago. We hope that the new school building will include a toilet block with basins for the children and a separate staff toilet....
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Maddy’s Blog Day 9
This is the drive home from Mtwapa Creek... Yes, those are beds... and yes, they are across the drainage ditch... Yes, that is a man peeing in the drainage ditch... And yes, that is a man sitting with his legs in the drainage ditch. Life at the side of the road...
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Maddy’s Blog, Day 11
This is class 7 in their school room. It is 35 degrees in the classroom and the children usually sit 2-3 at a desk. Money was donated to the charity to buy books, so earlier in the week the school team went to the book shop and chose new reading books. With the money...
read moreKarl’s final day
Mon 11th November - 6.59pm by Karl Sengebusch Okay so today we had a huge lie in until 8:30 a.m whichg was 3 hours later than the last couple of days we've been getting up, I had a shower and then ate breakfast which was pretty plain to be honest. We then met the kids...
read moreZacks Final day
Mon 11th November - 6.38pm by Zack Linfield jamboo So today was our final day of KENYA. I am really going to miss kenya and have enjoyed these 16 days so much. Today we had Standard 5 and below come to the beach at the hotel and the hotel provided jam sandwiches and...
read moreZac’s Last day
Mon 11th November - 6.43pm by Zac Boucher Sadly today was our last day, but it started nicely. We had a long lie in until 8:30 AM and had a nice pain au chocolat breakfast. After breakfast we had a quick swim and the kids from kindergarten to standard 5 came with us...
read moreJacob’s Blog
Mon 28th October - 6.28pm by jacob parkin Day 2- Rich men cry too. This morning I woke up with a shine. I finally managed to get sleep, not sure how much but sleep is sleep and the more I get tonight the better. We went up to breakfast and had a feast (not forgetting...
read moreJack’s final blog
Mon 11th November - 7.47pm by Jack Carter Jambo, I never expected this day to come around so quickly. today is my last day in Kenya which I am really sad about as I have really enjoyed being here and seeing all the kids and school. This morning I woke up Really tired...
read moreOwens Last Ever Blog – Day 16
Mon 11th November - 7.43pm by Owen Wyatt Day 16 - the last day So today was the last day of kenya 2013 trip! I would just like to say a huuuuge thank you to everyone who has anything to do with the charity, from the chairman of the charity (the loser mr Ian straw) to...
read moreDanu’s Day 10
Tue 05th November - 5.53pm by Daniel Colbeck Jambo Marafiki! I woke up today as usual, and waddled into the shower. We went to breakfast and ate loads. I had loads of the yogurt muesli thing, pancakes with bacon and toast. After breakfast we went up to reception and...
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