Here is our first crack at a message!
It is Tuesday March 7th and we are in Nairobi, Kenya having completed two days of distributions.
On Monday we went to the Kibera slums -- the largest in Africa -- where about one million people live in some of the most desperate of living situations. This is where scenes fron the movie The Constant Gardener were filmed. We were warmly received by the wonderful Rotarians and the women who run The Star Academy which is situated right in the slums. We gave out 582 Bedkits to such needy children. To sleep on a mattress and have new clothes is such a gift for them. They were delighted!
After we had finished, the rains started and actually became torrential so we were very fortunate to have finished the distribution.
Today we went to Kikuyu which is in the rural area of Nairobi and we gave out 500 Bedkits to more happy and deserving children. Later we went to the Church of The Torch where we gave out 100 Bedkits to very deserving children who had been bussed in from the surrounding areas. We had fun delighting the the children by blowing bubbles and entertaining them with puppets.
The Kenyan Distribution Team
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