I had an awesome weekend! I went to Kakamega to visit my friend Lindsay, and we had a much need girls wine night. On Saturday we met up with a couple other volunteers for a perfect pool day. Then Linds came back to my place. On Sunday morning (and I mean bright and early) we headed to Mt. Elgon. I am currently working on a proposal with my Kenyan friend Remmy, to get funding to build a childrens home out in Mt. Elgon. There are no childrens homes in that area, and there are a lot of orphans. So on Sunday we went out to visit the children and get to know their stories.  It is always hard to see children that are sturggeling and not be able to do anything about it. Most of the kids live with their grandmothers and other relatives. However these guardians have little to no work, so even though the children have a roof over their head, it doesn't mean they are getting fed.  The public primary schools here in Kenya have free admission. But you much buy your own uniform and they do not provide lunch for the children. So even though these orphans have family and house, they are only getting one meal or less a day. And that one meal is usually chai, or ugali. So we are really hoping that we get some funding and are able to start constructing soon.
Now I am at the office. I am teaching on Saturday to all of the JOYWO mobilizers. These are the women who are in charge of all of the groups in their areas. Since I am not getting another counterpart, I thought it would be easiest to teach the mobilizers, then they can teach the womens groups.
Tomorrow and Wednesday I am starting my new volunteering job with the Living Room. It is a rehabilitation nursing home and hospice. I am going to being working with the community outreach part of the program. Im excited to finally have something to do!
So my week is pretty full. I'm hoping to have time on Thursday to work in my garden, it needs it pretty bad. I'm pretty sure the farm workers on my compound probably are talking some smack about what a bad farmer I am. This would be because my garden looks more like a jungle, with a few green peppers popping out! hahahaha

Until next time......