Day 3
After a half hour drive through an extensive slum area (Mukuru) where people lived in abject poverty, arriving at the distribution site was akin to an oasis in the middle of a desert. The distribution was held on the grounds of a vocational school that taught catering, carpentry, sewing, electrical, and computers.
There was an opening ceremony in which the children made a very moving presentation with song and poetry. Our leader Alan surprised us all by addressing the children in Swahili which elicited laughter from all when he mentioned that their teachers were babies when Murray Dryden started Sleeping Children Around the World.
The distribution was well organized by the host committee – 600 bedkits. One of the local volunteers, Kevin Muhinga, whose favourite movie is the "Jamaican Bobsled Team" hopes to compete in the Vancouver Olympics in speed skating although with the lack of ice rinks in Kenya, his main training is with in line skates.
Edie Haslauer
for Team Kenya
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