Day at Nyumbani

CLICK ON ANY OF THESE 9 Posters and learn more about the organization. They have three major projects. One as an orphanage and hospice for over 100 children, another to distibute drugs and aids education to many of the slums surrounding Nairobi, and the other to create a self sustaining village of orphans and elderly left alone by AIDS. The village concept is amazing and is something that must be replicated all over Africa with so many families being effected by this disease. The only limit to this is funds. There are so many great organizations here that need financial help.






Protus the Head of the Orphanage portion of this great organization.

Some of the volunteers being orientated to go to the village by Ed. He is a former school principal who has quit his job, sold his house, and moved to Kenya to head up the volunteer program at the village in Katui. We plan on traveling there on Thursday night and staying until Sunday.



This is Susan Gold, an incredible individual, who has been at Nyumbani since January. Susan, a Nurse from Wisconsin, who has received a Fulbright Scholarship for developing a sexual educational program that teaches children about sex, their bodies, their immune systems, HIV/AIDS, STD prevention and contraception. There is such a need for sexual education here in Kenya because it's hardly even taught in the school system or children only hear about the option of abstinence. Her program has been so successful that PEPFAR (President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) is going to fund her to return to Kenya in February next year once her Fulbright is over so she can continue running her program until she can eventually hand it over to the Kenyan government to run. Proving that one person can make a difference.


They all rushed out to meet us.

There was dancing and singing like I will never forget. They were so happy to do it for us.








It was an joy to say the least spending time with these kids who have such lifelong battle. On Wednesday, we are returning to spend the whole day with them.

That night we met up with our new friend Anne Sweeney at an Ethiopian restaurant not too far from our apartment. Anne from Chicago has lived in Kenya on and off for the past 10 years with UNHCR and many other refugee organizations from the United States. She just recently started a non-profit that works with refugee children in Kenya and tries to resettle them. It is a much needed organization that is going to provide a peg in a gapping gap in NGO care. She just recently developed the organization and is in need of donations. For more information please go to www.heshimakenya.org. Every little bit counts. The meal was gooooooood. First time I had eaten meat since we had arrived. Didn't have any bad effects though. Good day very good day.