NATIONAL FIELD DAY

Well, things are good here in Kenya, We have been enjoying a good climate as it raining quite regularly. We are hoping that the community will have a good harvest this year if it continues like this.

We had an educative trip to Gilgil last Friday; it was a national field day in Kenya where we were able to demonstrate what CTC is doing to over 5000 people from different parts of our country. We were also able to learn what other people are doing and we achieved and it was a great learning experience.

Malaika mum’s, youth program, caretakers and environmental club members had a wonderful time. They were able to visit over 40 different programs that were being exhibited in the site. The theme for that day was sustainable resource use for social-economic development.

On other programs : The Shosho shamba is doing good and they are ready to train others. This is shown by what they are doing back at their homes and at the demonstration garden. The ministry of agriculture is impressed with what we are doing and they want to partner with us and work with environmental club at Ngeya primary school and at the demonstration garden. We are glad to be able to do something that the government officials appreciate and recommend to people in the community.

Thanks for your support

By Rocky Muuri

Thankful

We are back!
We are thankful to God for giving us a good quiet week. Things have been happening one after another and sometimes its only through His Grace that we can be able to confidently face another day. Thanks to all of you for following with the things going on here, your prayers and encouragement has been a great support to all CTC family and Maai Mahiu community.

In brief for those who did not know what was going on. A car accident took a close friend who was a CTC volunteer and the wife of our printer. It was very sad. Same week the man who led with the funeral arrangements passed away after an hour's illness. Same week a bus accident killed ten people still in our town and one man hang himself. Very chaotic but we are thankful to be able to serve and support those who have been griefing among us.

The Mums were so thankful at the same time as they completed making 700 bags, a huge order that left their faces smiling at the end of the month.

We are also thankul for DWC team nd their great work at Maai Mahiu Secondary School. The project was a success and Mr. Mwangi The head teacher is still getting creative and making it look even better. Pictures will come once its finally done.


Maai Mahiu is finally green. We take some things for granted but this place was desperate, dusty and in need of rain but now it looks wonderful. We are so thankful for the rain.

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