Diary of improvements in Kenya: We entered the final phase of the work
We continue to work at the orphanage and school in Kenya to improve the facilities. In the last post we told you how Diego's day to day was being and how his work was going. The children's room was very advanced and the walls had to dry to give the last layers and be able to paint them. The exterior walls have already been painted and the interior ones will be painted these days, the weather has not been very good in recent weeks. It has been raining, which has made it difficult for
Diary of improvements in Kenya: we are starting to see results!
Since the last post we published in Tumaini, Diego has continued working on the improvement works at the Nairobi orphanage and the results are already beginning to be seen! The improvements have started in the children's room with the bioconstruction system. The walls of the children's room are almost ready! On July 7 we finished filling them with mud and straw. Afterwards, we had to wait a bit to apply the plasters (a mixture of earth, lime and straw to smooth the walls completely).
Diary of improvements in Kenya: First impressions
Diego with boys and girls from the orphanageAt the beginning of June, Diego traveled to Nairobi to carry out improvement works at the orphanage and the school with which we collaborate. After we successfully completed the crowdfunding campaign in Tumaini and the Training Express company donated 3,000 euros for these works, we decided to look for a person specialized in bioconstruction to improve the facilities in the most sustainable way possible. Everything in Kenya is very different and this kind of construction is still very
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Post by Almu and Mónica (Tumaini) Last November we started a crowdfunding campaign to improve the facilities of the orphanage and school with which we collaborate in Nairobi (Kenya). Our goal was 4,000 euros that were going to be used to finish a water well and improve the bathrooms for the boys and girls at the center. This campaign ended yesterday, January 10, and we almost got 5,000 euros. We have no words to thank all the people who have contributed in one way or another to this improvement. Children and
Fanny's experience in Kenya: "I could never imagine the little pieces of heart you leave behind"
"It has been an unforgettable and unrepeatable experience, both personally and at the project level, since during my stay I was able to attend an event that will undoubtedly improve the quality of life of Quest for Happiness: the extraction and construction of a water well. drinking.The day to day is very difficult to summarize, since no day is the same: there are always new things to do or unforeseen events that must be solved.During the school calendar a routine is followed where from the first hour
Ana and Laura's experience in Kenya: A different summer full of emotions
Laura and Ana collaborated in the Nairobi orphanage and school during the past month of July. They carried out many activities and were able to share unforgettable moments with the boys and girls of the center. This is their experience in this Solidarity Trip told by them.Ana: "The children have gone through a complicated life and you always see them with a smile"Laura and Ana with some children from the center"For me, it has been the most beautiful trip I have ever I have done.Kenya is a beautiful country.Every day I collaborated in class with the teachers.
Bea's experience in Kenya: "They teach you more than you teach them"
My experience was collaborating in a Kenyan orphanage founded by a couple from there, where they have welcomed 40 orphaned children and have also founded a school which in turn is attended by more children from the town. I went with a friend from Madrid and I have to say that it has been the best experience of my life. At the orphanage you can help in various ways, helping to teach school classes, helping them with homework, teaching them new things, playing with them, helping them with the
Eneko's experience in Kenya: It is impressive how these children face life
For Eneko this has been his first experience on a Solidarity Trip. He spent three weeks in the project in Kenya. That's how he lived it! The first two weeks I was alone with 12 children, because they were on vacation at school, and the rest went with their relatives. The first two weeks were playing, playing and play. In the morning, at noon and in the afternoon!!!! We played with anything, ball, marbles, tree leaves, wheel tires,
Lara's experience in Kenya: "The best trip I've ever taken in my life"
It has been a wonderful experience, without a doubt, the best trip I have ever taken in my life. It has been very enriching and has helped me to understand, even more, the situation in which a large part of the Kenyan population lives. Lara in one of the activities The day to day was calm, as they say there, pole pole, we set up and conditioned the room for the volunteers, we put the bunk beds and made wooden coat racks. In the morning he went to classes, since the orphanage had also enabled him as