As the group arrived at St. Winners on the first day of the project, it was apparent what our primary task would be….the poor, dilapidated fence around the front courtyard. Nails were protruding from the dirty and broken fence posts. Build.Create.Kenya recognized that the school needed to look like a bright centre for learning, outside and…
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Cody & the library
Build.Create.Kenya’s main Project for 2013 was to build a library for St. Winners. We had the supplies and the motivation. What we seemed to lack were people that felt comfortable in the actual construction of shelves with the building materials and budget that we had. This responsibility fell upon myself and eighteen year old team member…
Skylights
We could hardly see some of the children at St. Winners, the classrooms were so dark. With no electricity, the school had no light. Not the ideal situation for learning. So j.D and I decided to climb up on the tin sheet roofs and attempt to put in skylights in each classroom. We precariously walked…
The beautiful empty of my fourth Safari
I’m seeing how fickle Mother Nature can be as I come to the same grasslands of the Serengeti for my fourth time in five years. Grasses so high you can barely see the predators that lie in wait. Waiting for food that hasn’t come… The African rains have been plentiful this year, the grass higher…
Sarova Mara
The “Jurassic Park” gates slowly creak open as one patiently waits in your safari vehicle. The sounds of Africa’s Big Five fill the sky. Sarova Mara is a Game Camp located inside Kenya’s Maasai Mara. As you settle into your tent, the roar of a pride of lions is heard just beyond the electrified fence….
The Albino Kenyan
As we are driving to Safari, a conversation gets started about the Albino population in East Africa. It is estimated that around 10,000 albino’s are in Tanzania and Kenya, probably more. The are moving from the countryside to more urban areas due to a horrible current practice of hunting and killing albinos ( regardless of gender…
Sena & the mattresses
One place we always visit while in Nairobi with Build.Create.Kenya is Ken’s Shunem orphanage for girls. BCK sells bracelets throughout the year for Ken, as he has started this much needed orphanage by himself ( with his lovely wife), as his passion to help takes priority over the cost to run such an institution. As…
BCK on Kenyan TV
When BCK’s in-country director Justus told us that he had set up a deal with a Kenyan TV station to help promote the work of our non profit organization, I was at a loss for words, literally. Next thing the four of us knew, we were in a television studio being prepped for our interviews….
Jovial
I first visited Jovial school and headmaster George last year while witnessing some of the worst slum living conditions in my life. I wrote about that experience here. As we brought our BCK team back to Jovial for a similar experience, I find with the passing of time and being more comfortable with the daily…
Reunited…
I first met Jane in 2009 while working at her school, Unity Centre. You seem to find one or two kids that you connect with deeply while serving the Kenyan people. Jane’s sweet voice, humble spirit, and determination to have a better life for her and her family touched my soul. I hadn’t seen Jane…
it happened….Build.Create.Kenya 2013!
I’ve been home for two weeks now, and in between jet lag, mounds of work, and a general re-customization to life back in USA, I’m ready to start sharing my experiences while in Kenya this year. The team this year consisted of five team members, and four team leaders. I dubbed us “Small but…
Winnie
I hear the argument all the time about how social media is ruining everything, but I find that in many instances, social media is a wonderful tool. Today for example, just checking in with Facebook, and I see a picture, a very familiar picture, one that I took while in Kenya last year with Build.Create.Kenya. We…