Some of the group stayed at VICODEC and worked with the social workers to install a camera for communication via SKYPE and did some training on Facebook. After a successful camera installation, off to the market to purchase food items for the sponsored families.
The sponsored families receive rice, beans, soap, tea, sugar, flour and other items every 4-5 months. The social workers buy the products in bulk and separate the food into bags for each family.
Faith, Terri, Grace and Lori were overseeing the packing of the truck.
If the store didn't have enough of the product we needed, they sent a person by bicycle to a neighboring warehouse to pick what was needed. A very unique way to deliver! On to Tusky's which is a large store similar to a Walmart...they have everything. We picked up garbage cans and soccer balls for the children of Nakeel. They promised to start keeping their campus clean if there were garbage cans provided. We promised soccer balls for their efforts.
Then on to Kibera Slum, the largest slum in Kenya. Kibera is situated just outside of Nairobi and is 2 miles square. Rumor has it that there are over 1.2 million people living in this area. We met a pastor (Kenyaneeta) who agreed to take us into Kibera so we could make a comparison between Kware slum which is the population VICODEC serves and this one.
The railroad runs directly through Kibera and runs all the way to Uganda. In 2007 when there was so much politcal unrest, it was noted that the people of Kibera rose up and each person assembled at the railroad track and lifted at the same time, removing the track from the ground so the train could no longer pass through.
The area was extremely dangerous and we were only able to walk on the outside near the railroad track.
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