Kenya Immersion Trip 2011
The girls who visited Kenya in October 2011 have written about their experience of the visit.
To read Our Week in Nairobi click here
Our Week in Kitui click here
Local choir singing at Mass in the slum area of Kangemi, Nairobi
Some children with a grandmother figure (known as a "susu") in Nyumbani Village, Kitui.
Planting melia trees. These grow to about 10 feet in a few years and are used as timber in the Village.
Goats on the farm. There are also cows, rabbits and hens.
Carpentry is taught in the Polytechnic
We harvested 90kg of tomatoes one morning. These were later given out as part of the weekly food distribution to the 82 families.
Susus carrying the week's food supply back to their houses
Collecting cooking fuel for the week
Ms. O'Leary brushing up on her Kiswahili or was it Kikamba?! (the local language)
Playing with some of the children after school
Playing "Twister" in our house
Susus perform a traditional dance (led by Lillian, the psychotherapist)
Playing cards when we visited a cluster house in the evening
Drawing and colouring in another cluster house!
Diagnostic Laboratory - This was opened a few months ago. When children are admitted, they are tested with regard to their HIV status and treated with medication according to their needs.
We spent an afternoon in Nyumbani Orphanage, Nairobi - home to 120 HIV+ children
Library in Lawson High School. The girls in our school contributed to the purchase of these books.
Students in Lawson High School. This was opened two years ago, so Form 3 will begin in January, the new academic year.
School timetable at 2nd level
Children receive a tin whistle lesson
One evening, in a cluster house, we were treated to a performance choreographed by the children themselves. They used whistles and drums as accompaniment.
Lake Nakuru National Park
St. Joseph's Primary School in Kangemi run by the Loreto Order
Elephant Orphanage in Karen, Nairobi
Some shops near the Loreto Primary School in Kangemi
Some of the work done by our girls who taught in the Junior classes for the mornings of the week days.
During a Mass of Thanksgiving, Standard 8 presented each of their teachers with a handmade "Thank You" card. This was their last day as primary school students and they were beginning state exams the following week.
An afternoon spent with the girls in Loreto Secondary School, Valley Road, Nairobi.
St. Joseph's Kangemi
A warthog in the Giraffe Sanctuary!
Feeding pellets to a giraffe
The morning of departure after a most wonderful experience