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

Rafiki Link

Students who have been participating in Rafiki link are doing great, they have been able to send their profiles to Canada that is in Bodwell High school & Albion Heights junior school so that the students there can get to know them better.
we have received some Rafiki Link 2010 calendars from Bodwell High school that were designed out of photos that Kenyan students took last year on April during Bodwell trip, students here were very to receive those calendars and they were also very glad to see their photos & a little of their profile information appearing on those calendars. they also requested if this could be done every year.
CTC Kenya is also happy about Maai- Mahiu secondary school where we had about 40 students who came to participate during our Ubuntu day that involved cleaning up of town & installation of trash cans.
we have been updating the school blogs & you can visit our blogsites at the Rafiki main site at http://rafikilink.blogspot.com
lastly, the Rafiki Essay competition is in progress.

Focusing on the future

Economic project is still going on as Malaika Mums are working hard to make their ends meet. Believing that this is an year of commitment to learning new things. We were celebrating our 2^nd anniversary on 25^th February 2010 this year; it was a good time to recount where we have come from and to see how far God has brought us.

Still on this month we started learning how to make a pair of short/Trouser for men. As of now we are going step by step with each individual practicing to do each part by themselves.

The Mums are all excited that summer is coming quickly and they can reconnect with their friends from American Sewing guild led by Denise.

Welcome to Kenya ASG.

By Liz Josiah.

RIGHT TO FOOD

As we would all agree, every person has a right to food, which means that all people including those in Maai Mahiu have a right to feed themselves and their family with dignity. To fulfill this, we have to ensure that people have the knowledge, the skills, resources and opportunity to get food for themselves.

Women and children are particularly affected by the risks of environmental damage that has been done to Maai Mahiu. It is for all of us to do something to improve the situation. CTC is making efforts to empower the environmental club, women , the youth and shoshos because their right to food will ensure food security.


Our projects are running well and we are working hard to improve them so that we can effectively empower those that need us the most. Please join us in this noble task. We are soon going to bring you a clear guide as to how to get involved. Just a little could make a big difference. Stay tuned.

By Rocky Muuri
Environment Coordinator.