Kenyan Orphan Fund
"We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children" - Kenyan Proverb
Jambo! (Hello in Swahili)
In November, I will be going to Kenya for 4-months to work in an orphanage with children ranging from 2-16 years of age. My responsibilities will include teaching, cooking, cleaning, washing, caring for, feeding, playing with and entertaining.
I would like to raise money to provide the children in the orphanage with resources that will help improve the conditions there. I will be paying all of my own expenses and all of the money donated here will be used for the benefit of the orphanage.
Supplies
As I won't be given my specific placement until a couple days before my departure, I do not know the specific needs for my particular placement yet but some examples of supplies that your money might be going towards include (but are not limited to) :
- Food
- Children's Clothing
- Books
- School Fees
- Sanitary Towels
- Balloons
- Bubbles
- Face Paint
- Music play/ Children's music
- Musical instruments
- Stickers, stamps and certificates
- Group games such as bingo, snakes and ladders, twister etc.
- Colored drawing paper
- Pencils/pens/markers/crayons
- Sharpeners and erasers
- Posters
- Colored pavement chalk
- Chalk
Photography Project
I would also like to donate some cameras to the orphanage I will be placed at to give the children the opportunity to have the control of a camera and capture the things they see as important to them. I will teach the basics of photography to the children and then give them the freedom to take pictures of whatever they choose. By the end of my stay, I would like to get copies of the photos printed both for the children and for myself. With the collection of photos, I would like to make a book of the children's work. After, I would like to sell copies of the books and donate the proceeds to the orphanage.
Updates
When I am in Kenya, I promise to post updates with photographs of how your money is contributing to the children and the orphanage. I will also be keeping a blog of my experiences if anyone is interested.
Thanks!
I think this experience of volunteering in a developing country will be one of the most challenging experiences of my life, yet at the same time rewarding. I appreciate all the support from all of you! Thanks so much!
--Nell
(note: Photo Credit: http://womennewsnetwork.net/2011/04/19/corruption-kenya-girl-child-trafficking/)