On a Great Adventure

We kicked off this morning with a bright & early wake-up call of 3:45 AM so that we could make an early departure for our balloon safari. Shortly after departing from camp, we drove over a particularly bumpy stretch of road, something rattled loose under …

This morning was our last at Morning Star. We had a quick breakfast of toast and coffee and finished packing and chose what to bring on to safari with us and what to leave behind. Then came some tough goodbyes… The children were doing their …

Today, August 24th, since we were running out of time and wanted to squeeze in as much as possible, Drew and Reah left for the first part of the academic incentive trip to make a couple deliveries to some local clinics. The Giving Exchange in …

Tonight, August 24th, we had our final evening with the children and staff here at Morning Star. Most of the group will be departing early Saturday morning and the rest will be leaving in the evening. After our return from the academic incentive trip, we …

Today, August 24th, we headed too Two Rivers Mall for this year’s academic incentive trip. To be included in the trip, the kids needed to have improved their academic standing, year over year, by at least one point. Last year, TGE was able to take …

Today, August 23rd, we set out to visit Dream Children’s Home in the Ngong Hills. This is the farthest orphanage we visited this week and it took us about 2 hours to get there. Dream Children’s Home is both a school and an orphanage which …

Today, August 22nd, after learning about a fuel strike that was taking place in the morning we revised our schedule for the day and spent the morning at Morning Star and got to spend some more time with the kids. The kids all got to …

Today, August 21st, we set out to visit the Njoo Dada Trust. Njoo Dada means “Come Sister” and is a home for teenage girls who are pregnant and are no longer welcome at home. Luna, the director of the Njoo Dada Trust and “mother” to …

Today, August 20th, the official first day kicked off with the fourth trek to the airport for the group at 4:30 AM to do a drop-off of one of the kids to the local medical clinic, pick-up Sandrine, collect the lost bags, and pick-up some …

Today, August 19, was the unofficial beginning of the week three TGE trip! The week three group arrived staggered, with the first of us arriving Saturday night, the next arriving Sunday morning and the final group member arriving Monday morning. Unfortunately, arrivals were met with …