Bodwell team enjoys their trip to Kenya

Yahoo! at long last the team that students have been waiting for a long time is here with us. Canadian students are really enjoying building girls toilets at Maai- Mahiu secondary which I believe is their first experience. Kenyan students also enjoyed working alongside the Canadians which was a great fun, Mrs. Ameti couldn't believe how strong and hardworking these kids are.
It has been a great opportunity for both students from Kenya and Canada interacting and attending lessons together in the same class, Daniel a student from Canada who I think is the youngest in this group has been doing very well in class especially in English subject, he has been challenging his new English teacher Mr. Maina and the teacher says that this young boy is a genius. Longonot secondary students were also not left behind in this joyful trip to the animal orphanage and Safari walk in Nairobi, they had a great chance of interacting with students from the three schools coming together in this fun moment. we are thanking Bodwell High school for sacrificing their time to come and visit us and moreover donating girls toilets in Maai- Mahiu secondary and also having an opportunity to let our students join them in their trip. we greatly appreciate all their efforts towards the success of "Rafiki Link" (Friendship Link) program.
Below are photos that have been taken, we will post more photos from this team, for our blog followers you could check them before the end of this month on our site at http://rafikilink.blogspot.com

Paul Mwaniki
Education program coordinator.

DWC is here and ready to work

We received the DWC team yesterday. Most of the team members are here for the first time. We just love their enthusiam and readiness to be part of what CTC is doing in Maai Mahiu. In the next two weeks we will be working on a project at Maai Mahiu Secondary School with Rafiki Link students. Everyone is excited for the time they will spend together and the tranformation that brings in everyones life.

It was fun taking the team through our programs and introducing them to what CTC has been doing in the community.

We are happy to have DWC and Bodwell students among us to help make a difference in all our lives and especically those forgotten in this community. WELCOME and enjoy your stay in Maai Mahiu.

When It rains, it pours

I was involved in a car accident the Tuesday after Easter Monday. It was a bad impact for the cars especially the other persons car that was badly damaged. After a huge hussle with the Police for half of Tueday, I was asked to report in court the following morning. Little did I know that I was going to be locked up in a tiny cell full of people accused of being drunk and disorderly. Saying the cell ws stinky would be an understatement, I realized that fresh air is luxury in jail . Never in my life have I ever imagined being locked up. After the court was over they alowed me to pay for the fine and I was let go late Wednesday afternoon.
Real life experience. I am thankful no one was hurt.

Late Saturday night, I received a call from John our printer, that his wife was involved in a car accident that had left one woman dead. The name of Johns wife was nowhere in the records of those involved in the accident and only one person was not identified, the dead woman. Lots of mixed emotions, trying to stay strong for John and still worried for the life of dear Elizabeth, my legs were letting go as we waited to know the whereabouts of Elizabeth. She was not the one in the morgue but we could still not figure out where she was. Looked for her in all the sorrounding hospitals all night long, we also looked for her in the accident scene but it was too dark to see anything. After a long search we found her in Naivasha hospital with bad bruises the following morning. A good samaritan had dropped her there unconcious and so no one knew who she was. She was transfered to Kikuyu Hospital, but now she has been put in the ICU at Kenyatta National Hospital, still unconcious.
Please pray for Elizabeth, John and the whole family.
They need us so much right now. Thank you CTC family for your love and support at such times.

A boost for Ngeya Students

Our volunteers who has been to Kenya know the story of Ngeya Primary School. It is an overpopulated school with little or no facilities to enable kids to learn smoothly. This school has over 1600 kids with only 17 classrooms. This means that some classrooms have over 100 kids with one teacher. Desks are scarce among other desparate needs in the school.
With a gift from Cucu (Grandma) Alice we were able to deliver these desks to the school and the kids could not hide their joy.
Most of them have been sitting on the floor as they listen to their teachers and do their homework. They sang hymns and jumped around as they took the desks to their classrooms. It was a joy to see them appreciate this gift of love. Blessings to Cucu Alice.

A video for the volunteers