Kiwanja Ndege Community Project "One thing is for sure though – it has made me realize that the only way to make other people aware of the world outside their own front yard, is a device you carry on your shoulder with a big red button that says - RECORD!"

Day 1: After arriving in Nairobi and being introduced to the hustle and bustle, fumes and the melody of car horns, I soon realised that this trip was going to be an adventure. On the same night we were briefed on the actual project and got to meet everyone who would share the next 7 days together as well as water and coffee supplies. We left Nairobi in the early morning and made our way through the numerous checkpoints to a little town called Laikipia. The roads rather resembled a Swiss cheese than the main entrance point between Tanzania and Kenya. Spending 6 hours in a car with strangers, definitely helped to break the ice and exchange a few stories as to what had brought us all here. Most of the people came from all corners of Australia, yet all had the same goal. Give the kids a better and happier learning environment. We arrived at the Kiwanja Ndege Public School in the late afternoon. The sun slowly made its way down the horizon, and an orchestra of birds and other animals started to greet us to this somehow forgotten yet magical setting. We made our way down to our campsite, a short but rugged drive down the hill from where the school was, whist being told that for the next seven days, the transportation by car would simply be a luxury. The children that attended this school, walked from all over the region to get to it on time, a pleasure that I would encounter a few hours from now! After deciding who would share the tents with whom, we all sat down to once more go over what had to be done throughout the following week. Many of us had just arrived, and thus to preserve energy we slowly but surely parted and went to sleep.