March 2012
2 posts
The cook, the orphanage and the hard life
The Cook
The cook, let’s call her Mary, was forced to leave school at the age of 9, as her mother could not afford it any more. Her mother’s daily struggles to provide food for the family had taken such a serious toll on her mentally, she became ill and her children were forced to live on the streets for a long time.
A Swiss woman talked her out of the bad life as she called it,...
A month in Kenya
Tomorrow will be my first day at the WFP office in Nairobi. I’m curious how my introduction at the country office will be.
We arrived in Kenya early February and have now extended our family with a 3 year old son. He has lived in an orphanage since he was 6 months old. We visited the orphanage for a week before we were allowed to bring our son to our temporary home in Nairobi.
During...
