Life in KCA

One week has passed, and we're starting to get used to the place and living in "african time". Since Veronica (the nanny) has taken a holiday while we're staying here, we have become aunties for the 19 boys. And every night at 8 p.m. we are planning an activity for them. At that time we can do whatever we want, and we've been playing games, watching movies, reading bedtime stories with candlelights, etc.

Pocahontas-time in our livingroom

But we have also prepared a musical for them! Last friday we sang songs from Lion King, Fame, Mamma Mia, the Junglebook, Grease, We Will Rock You, and Snowwhite and the Seven Dwarfs. In addition to singing we also put together a great (if we may say so) choreography :P

Roomers went around Meru about this splended show, and when we went to St. Paul's church this Sunday, we we're asked to repeat some of the numbers - which we did and got standing ovation (at least almost). The people here are probably more used to religious songs, so when we performed Hakuna Matata and The Lion Sleeps Tonight, we could see their faces drop. This obviously didn't happen every day.

(Sorry, no pictures)


Another day, Anthony took us to see the river and the waterfalls. It was a great walk barefoot around and in the river, and Janne was trying her best not to get her precious camera wet.

Sandra and her animal instincts - they got clearer for every step we took.

To take a different route home we had to climb a ladder which looked very weak. Luckily everybody survived- also the camera.

Barefeet in the jungle

We've also been with Clement (the I-do-everyting-man around here) to buy clothes and shoes for the streetboys in the Majengo slum 10 minutes from here. KCA has a nighthome for them where they can sleep and eat one meal per day. There are 15 boys sleeping there every night, although when it's cold and raining more boys are coming.

Here we are delivering out new clothes and shoes. Well not new, but secondhand from the market in the city. But everything was better than what they were wearing.

Many of the boys where carrying bottles of glue. They use it for inhaling to get "high". This is to make them feel less shy, less pain and less hungry. Still, some may even die of this if they use it long enough, because of the bad effect on their lungs. Even the youngest boy were carrying these bottles, and he was 10 years old.

From their neighbor we got fresh sugarcane to taste! It was very sweet and gave alot of juice when you were chewing it. The one we got was too big (and sweet) for us alone, so we took it back to the boys at KCA to share it.

OBS: Even though you may think it's warm here, it's actually very cold. Especially inside and in the house. Everybody we talk to about the weather, tells us that Kenya has never experienced such a cold august before.