Projects complete in Muhaka

COUNTRY: Kenya
PROGRAM: GapBreak
PROJECT: Community & Conservation
WRITTEN BY: Nick McArdle

Another memorable week at Muhaka and lots to be proud of as our Kenya gap team help complete all the projects that we set ourselves for this year…

At the start of the week half of the group went to complete work on a mud house built by previous volunteers that Mamas Fatama owns. We had to get at least 18 wheelbarrow of sand from the lovely deep sand pit, its some sweaty work, especially when you have to push them back through thick sand.

Then had to mix sand and water to and inside the house we had to throw balls of mud onto the walls, patch up the holes then smoothy smoothy. The week before we had finished plastering the outside, so a few started painting. The paint is water mixed with lime, then paint it Kenya style, dab dab then up and down. Mama Fatama is so happy that we are finishing her house and always has a smile on her face.

The other half was across the road constructing the new ICT centre, filling up bottles with sand for the new vocational training centre, the Trust House, and also some were making cement and building the walls with bottles.

In the Trust House across the road four of us, Leeann, Kaisha, Steph and Rose were teaching students who would like to come along to learn about computers. The students can vary in ages like 18-22; some of them can’t afford their fees for their last year. We teach them how to use Microsoft Office for example, times table chart on Excel, practicing typing, writing letters, making power points and posters. It’s such an achievement when you can see the progress and how well they pick things up.

It has been an achievable and rewarding week, and looking forward to the nice break at the beach for the weekend.