Glue the tree

On wednesday I visited Agape, an organisation who findes and help street boys. Every wednesday and saturday street boys from all over Kisumu comes to the Agape center and gets food and some adult people to talk to. In the garden of Agape the boys can be children and play and have fun. From this place Agape helps the boys to come out of the streets. Some goes back to their families and others can stay in orphanages.

In the garden of Agape there is a tree full of bottles. This bottles was full of glue that some of the boys used to sniff. It’s good to know that some of the street boys gets help and a brighter future. I talked to a voluntary in Agape who told me that he used to be a street boy, before Agape helped him. I liked the children and hope to go back next week.

The turtles

Surprise surprise! I have got a new pet! :) Leonardo the turtle. He lives in the garden of Agape and I see him every wednesday.

Slow syndrome

Today I had a really scary experience. I was walking down the street, and sudanly to african men walking in the same direction passed me! You might think that this is not a big deal, but in Kisumu people walk very slow. Normally I have to walk in zigzag to pass all the slow people. In Norway everyone walk really fast, so I’m getting a bit annoyed when people are getting passed by snails. :) But as I was walking today I realized that I have been infected. I am now a bearer of the slow syndrome.

Snoop Dogg

Today I got a new hairstyle. Now I look like snoop dogg. Joy is the stylist, and tonight we are havhing a Snoop Dogg and Sweet J (Joy) party.

YWCA-African women development fund project

Today all of the interns joined a training program lead by the YWCA-Kisumu. The training took place in the YWCA. Around 20 women was participating. The course gave an introduction to Micro-Credit and YWCA Policies, record keeping and financial management, and computation of figures.

Tuktuk

Tuktuk is a small vehicle with three seats. In Kisumu there are a lot of them. Sometimes when we go to visit projects we use a tuktuk. On Tuesday we were nine people in one tuktuk. I think we almost sat a new record, but still we could have fitted someone on the roof.

Mashujaa day celebrations 20. october, 2010

Yesterday was heroes day in Kenya. This day is being used to celebrate people who have done great things for the contry. Silje and I went to Kisumu stadium and watched a parade of soidlers and some choires singing. We were asked to join the VIP box and sat right behind the Provincial Commissioner. We got free sodas and had a good time.