Personal experiences
Making A Difference in Kenya
Belinda is from Australia, she visited the rescue centre during December - January 2010. She speaks about how she interacted with the children and all the challenges she met
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It was my first volunteering experience and I had no idea what to expect, all I knew is that I wanted to be a positive influence, at least in one child's life. The concept that a child has no parents to love and care for their needs is a hard for me to accept. 'Street kids' or 'rat kids' as they are called, they come from the very ugly street life in Mombasa, diseased, unfed and mostly addicted to glue.
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Marta volunteered with street children during May - June 2009. She speaks about her experiences while volunteering and travelling in Kenya
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…in Africa everything is always alive…but in every second the single carrot or tomato demands attention, care and labour…Just like every alive ‘thing’ which can be a person in a child ‘form’ or a wild animal in a dangerous bush…Kenya has that and signifies about every kind of attention and unending needs…for the community and for the environment….
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Jenny has recently come back from Kenya. She speaks about how she decided to sponsor an ex street child, Collins, and how this changed his life
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I am Jenny and I have recently come back from Kenya, where I volunteered at the Grandsons of Abraham rescue centre to help street children, and I am about to tell you how I decided to sponsor a child.
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Jenny, an 18 year old female traveler, volunteered with Street Children for two months. She speaks of her anxieties, adventures, emotions while in Africa
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Stepping off the plane at Mombasa airport was one of the most wonderful moments I have experienced, I was about to embark in the most life changing two months of my life. Being a lone 18 year old female traveller, the few days before I left I had a few anxieties...
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Hannah tells us about her adventure in Kenya when she took five of the children to visit their homes in Nairobi
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I am Hannah, a 22 year old health care worker. I decided to go to kenya as I had previously been to Ghana and wanted to experience other African cultures. This was the most amazing experience of my life and the boys are to thank for this. There are just too many memerobal times to mention so I am going to tell you about a time I took five boys on a home visit to Nairobi. I was asked by one of the boys in my class if I would go with him to visit his parents.
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Matt, a 19-year-old student from Salisbury, England, tells us about why he decided to go to Kenya and how the adventure and the Kenyan people impacted on him
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I’m Matt, I’m a 19 year old student from Salisbury in the south of England and I decided after spending much of my gap year around friends, family and in very privileged environments (the French alps in a ski resort!) that I should head out to experience something very different. I decided to go to Kenya, because I’d heard a lot about other parts of Africa and I wanted to see for myself the way of life, the culture, the safari and of course the people!
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Rachel Miles volunteered at the GOA rescue center during May 2009. She speaks about her emotions, excitement while working with the children
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In May 2009, I embarked on my African adventure not knowing what to expect at all. When I got to Mombasa airport I was picked up by a taxi man called Geoffrey who had a sign saying ‘Grandsons of Abraham’. I was also welcomed by two other volunteers Matt and Stella who were on the same flight and coming to the same project as me.
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Ex volunteer Steven Paul Baker shares his experience at the Grandsons of Abraham rescue center and his love for the kids.
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Between January 2009 and June 2009 I embarked on a life changing trip with one thought on my mind ‘To make a difference’ in the lives of boys who are so much less fortunate than you or I could ever imagine. Hopefully between past and present similar minded volunteers and teaching staff of the ‘Grandsons of Abraham rescue centre’ the boys lives will be a lot happier and safer.
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