Written by Emily Witenden - GapBreak 2009, Kenya
Our camp/compound is in a little village called Muhaka, about an hour out of Mombasa and a 20min truck ride from the beach. Our camp is lovely. There are bandas (thatched buildings) that we sleep in and there are 8 beds in each. We get fed really well.
Our main projects are a communal toilet and the completion of a couple of classrooms. The work is really hard, as for example there are no hoses, we carry buckets of water from the central pump and we hand make bricks and mixing cement really works the arm muscles!! But it really makes you appreciate things...obviously...
The work is very tiring but rewarding. There are always kids everywhere wanting to play. They really are beautiful. I actually got to hold a baby the other day, which was amazing. Many of the people here have very little and its difficult driving through some areas like the slums, but everyone is friendly, the kids are always smiling...that’s the main thing :)
There are monkeys everywhere around our camp. This past week was broken up with some primate and forestation work. We tracked/craweld through this very dense forest on Tuesday which was exhausting, to say the least. uuummmm...cold showers and constantly dirty feet are become normal...
Everyne in the group is really awesome...mainly girls...a few of the English people are only here for a month so it’ll be sad to see them leave, but exciting to meet the next lot...
The beach is really spectacular...the area along the beach is really touristy...and you constantly get bugged by people trying to sell you stuff...
I’m missing home like crazy...though that merely helps me to appreciated what and who I have there to miss.
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