Touchdown and first days in Nairobi

March 19, 2012. Nairobi, Kenya.

We are in Nairobi now for almost a week and found the place more or less unchanged since we left two years ago. This time, we didn't plan much in advance so we are now looking for places where we can help. We will go back to the Rainbow Center in Kisumu and probably visit a community in Nakuru on the way there.

Flying to Kenya tonight

12 March 2012. Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Finally, plans materialize and we are flying one-way to Nairobi tonight. We're very much looking forward to seeing our friends again, helping the "Joy Valley" orphan home cum school in Kayole and learn a lot about hands-on local development. We don't have exact plans in Nairobi. All we know is a place to stay during our first days, with couchsurfers of course, and we'll take it from there.

Zion Assembly Church of God

Nairobi. Kenya. December 13th, 2009

The Zion Assembly Church of God invites us and our Kenyan friends to tell about 100 children about their rights not to be abused.

Apart from the workshop, we also provide a meal for the children.

Vision for the lost souls ministries

Vision for the lost souls, Nairobi

Nairobi, Kenya. December 7th, 2009

The Vision for the Lost Souls orphanage in Nairobi is well managed and has received considerable media attention. The director is also supporting a school in Ciongombé.

We hold a sensitizing session for 187 kids and show them a movie with our pocket projector.

Joy Valley Orphanage

Joy Valley Orphanage, Nairobi

Nairobi, Kenya. December, 2009

Joy Valley is a struggling extremely poor orphan home and informal school in a slum area of Nairobi. Children are underfed, the school is treatened with closure by the government.

We visit the orphan home several times, sensitize the children, and support money for sustainable income generation: a chicken coop, a sewing machine.

Africa

Charity Travel traveled in Africa from December 1st, 2009 through January 28, 2010 through Kenya, South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Botswana.
Here is the list of the projects we supported in Africa:

1. Joy Valley orphanage - Nairobi, Kenya.
2. Vision Orphanage - Mukuru, Nairobi, Kenya.
3. Zion Assembly Church of God - Soweto, Nairobi, Kenya.
4. Rainbow Community Excellence Center - Kisumu, Kenya
5. Muodjo Cultural Center - Maputo, Mozambique.
6. Terra Nova: Composting Urban Waste - Beira, Mozambique.
7. Oasis - Harare, Zimbabwe.
8. Streets Ahead Center - Harare, Zimbabwe.
9. Kogisano Women's Shelter - Gaborone, Botswana.
10. Holly Cross Hospice - Gaborone, Botswana.
11. Ikageng AIDS ministry - Johannesburg, South-Africa.