Rafiki 2014 took place as usual in the UK school summer holidays with 27 brilliant volunteers from ages 17 to 60.
Our 10 day programme of activities was different this year in that we completely avoided Nairobi because of hightened security concerns in the capital. Nevertheless we had a fantastic time and we had no security issues at all to deal with.
We were supported by the local area MP who took time out of his busy schedule to meet us at the Medical Facility we have built and he explained how Footsteps is positively impacting the community. We also received support from Magunga Secondary School who provided us with their school bus for 5 days allowing us to avoid the cramped conditions of the local buses used in previous years.
The only hitch we had was on the first day of the children's activities due to rain and the bus being unable to reach Kobeto primary school where our activities were planned to take place. Monica came to the rescue and allowed us to come to Rae Primary School with 1 hour's notice which has the advantage of being right by the tarmac road. The MP then came to our rescue for the remaining days, providing a 4x4 vehicle that could allow us on all the remaining days to reach the Kobeto without difficulty.
We had a full programme of activities during the week which as usual included sports, painting classrooms, gardening, arts, crafts, kids games and many more.
In the evenings, we made full use of the local restaurants in Kisumu and the Duke of Breeze Hotel all of which gave us excellent service.
See the link to the Rafiki 2014 video.
We are now recruiting for Rafiki 2015 which will be a similar programme for a cost of £1700. Please contact suzanne@footstepsuk.org for more details.
