Kenya: Winners Chapel

Today was our first distribution at a location called Winner's Chapel located near the largest slum in Africa (not just Kenya) called Kebira.

From Kenya 2012

We arrived to hundreds of kids waiting to receive one of 700 bedkits. Once inside the gates, we were overwhelmed at the sea of faces all gathered in lines patiently awaiting our arrival. For the two "newbies" of the group (Kelly & Dustin) it was a sight that will not soon be forgotten.

Our SCAW team first spent some time with the children variously doing magic tricks, blowing bubbles, playing with puppets, and using a globe beachball to show them where we were from.

Following a brief ceremony in which our team was welcomed and the children sang to us, we began our real duty of distibuting all 700 bedkits. It felt like orderly chaos at times and yet, when you looked at the smiles and heard the laughter you knew it was all going to work out just fine!

One by one the children collected their bedkits and made their way outside the gates to find their parents and make their way home- but for the first time they would have a comfortable night's sleep.

Team Kenya 2012

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