I went out to the airport this morning at 6.30am to meet the Camara volunteers and needless to say the flight was delayed and we all finally met up at 8.30am. Anyway, Colin, Mona and Avril are staying in Nairobi with me for the next four days to attend to Gatoto school. Eileen and Kevin took the rest of the volunteers to Mombasa where the bulk of the work is...20 schools plus!
Its fantastic to be acquainted with such wonderful people! Despite the huge challenge ahead of the volunteers(I am glad they will only be reading this when they finish!), spirits are good and everyone is looking forward to it.
I am writing these notes in internet cafes and it is remarkable to see how many locals are using them as well. Usually in the past they were the haunt of the backpack community but that is changing every time I come here. There is no doubt that IT skills are becoming more established - the key would seem to be to get the people most disadvanataged skilled up too...
Gary
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