On our way to Narobi...in nairobi

We've stopped off to meet Josephine and the Hope for Life Centre in Nakuru...and the work she has done to bring together orphaned children and their caregivers (grannies, aunts, etc) in one place and empower them to a better future is really inspiring. Josephine has done this with some help from a few great people in Canada and all over the world. Infact it was Roz Shepherd and Debbie Riopel who told me all about her work which prompted us to stop off. We interviewed the grannies about the changing times that have brought about all the issues they face - which of course including losing their children!

More soon when we are in Nairobi. I am already starting to notice the effects of urbanisation on this country.

Love the AGT teamx

Change of plans

We're in Kisumu and have had a wee change of plans. We had expected to be here for 4 or so days but after one day yesterday with 3 grannies and some locals, it is a challenge to find where the hope lies. Understandably, life here in an urban centre is complex - poverty, disease, corruption and all sorts of things make it hard to capture the grandmothers' voices. They are less forthcoming.

BUT WOW, now that we've seen this, we can really see that there is so much hope in the village! The contrasts are amazing - the people there ask for so little and we feel that our help on behalf of our friends and family is so worthwhile there - it really is.

Having susie with us (our resident granny) has been awesome. She is a rockstar. And felix is very knowledgable about the local ins and outs. He is great at cautioning us on what to do and how to be. We dont want to offend people or cause problems anywhere.

So right now we're bound back for the village - Kimberley (from Canakiwi) has kindly offered to support the building of an acerage for all the village women to work on to buld a sustainable existence for the farm. So with that news, we will take ourselves back and build it with them.

Keep the emails and support coming - these people are truly worth it!!!

Lotsa love us xx

Nairobi - Kenya

Only 24 hours into it...
Kenya - 32 million people
Nairobi - 4.5 million
Slums - around 60% of Nairobi - very sad.

Felix and Susie taking great care of us - and tomorrow we will be heading off to the west where we shall be with grandmothers in Busia, then Kisumu and Nakuru. We'll be away for 15 days or so - and this is where the real story begins. We have a van and driver organised.

My new Kenyan cell phone number is +254 724 222 059.

More from us soon - keep those sponsorships coming - we will be taking parafin, soap and food for the grandmothers.

Q and Dean xx