Kenya
I spent six weeks in Mombasa, Kenya. I was teaching English at Olives Rehabilitation center to orphaned, and disadvantaged children. I taught Standard 5, which consisted of a maximum of 55 students mostly aged between 10-12, although I did have a few fully bearded apparent 18 year olds in my class as well. The reason I say maximum 55 students is because many days students had to stay home to take care of their ill parents or to take care of their younger siblings. The kids really enjoyed playing football(soccer) and looked forward to me taking them to the "field" to play every day. BUT they had to finish their schoolwork for me to even think about taking them there. It was always a really good incentive. The field basically consisted of a small dirt pitch that had a tree in the middle and that didn't have as much garbage or shrubbery as the surrounding area. Huge rocks made it difficult to play but the kids still ran around with no shoes not even worrying about stubbing their toe or getting dirty feet. Many of us mzungu's(white person) fear so much stubbing our toes and walking barefoot in a very rocky field however these kids LOVED every minute of it. The enthusiasm and joy these kids had for every little thing we did brought me to take another trip while I still can and that is going to Kathmandu, Nepal.
Nepal
I'm leaving for Nepal in mid January, this time for three months on a one way ticket, to do the same exact kind of work I did in Kenya. I have a strong passion for helping develop developing countries, and I think I'm pretty good at acting like an older brother to many of the orphaned children, a lot of them don't get a higher male influence in their lives. For my Nepal trip I will be travelling with International Volunteer HQ. I'll be updating as often as I can when in Nepal attaching photos and hopefully some videos as well.
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