Hi everyone - so I'm off to Kenya today and I am getting very excited!! I don't know exactly what to expect but I know we will be staying outside of Nairobi in a place called Nanyuki, we will be visiting several orphanages, a primary school, a Nairobi hospital and a mobile medical clinic in a more rural part of the country. In all these places myself and the other CANFAR student volunteers will be seeing how HIV/AIDS impacts these people and especially the children in Kenya. We will be helping out as much as we can by building, painting and playing as well as anything else they need us to do. We will also get to go on a one-day Safari and hopefully see some awesome giant animals like lions and elephants!
As I prepare to embark on this incredible trip I think about how this experience is going to shape the way I view HIV/AIDS and I wonder how I can ensure that I spread my knowledge and experiences from Kenya with my community at home...one way to share my lessons and experiences from this trip is through this blog! My plan is to update this blog as I go through my days in Kenya, I will be posting stories and experiences and hopefully pictures (it's a bit dependant on the internet situation in the camp we're staying in).
I will try and update my Facebook status when I have posted a new blog entry. So please stay tuned ...
I'm excited for the first blog post :)
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