Update

Our first full day without electricity was Thursday. That's an eye-opener! You don't realize how often you use it until you don't have it.

The morning started out very rainy but cleared up nicely. Today our volunteers worked with the children of Nakeel Primary School to decorate garbage cans. The children agreed to keep the campus clean if the cans were provided.


Attention US Venture Associates... THANK YOU! Look what you were able to provide to VICODEC with the money raised through two casual days. They are overwhelmed and very grateful!

U.S. Venture is helping to sponsor a free medical clinic to the community of Ongata Rongai. Nurses and doctors will be on hand to provide medical care and to prescribe any medications necessary. VICODEC has also partnered with an eye clinic so this year eye exams will also be provided. This is the second medical clinic we have done. The first clinic provided services to over 800 people. I can guarantee we will be working very hard on that day.  Here Ann and Barb are sorting medications for the upcoming clinic.





In the last blog, I was explaining how the sponsored families receive a food supplies quarterly and I posted several photos of some of us picking up the bulk food...here is the rest of the story.

The mama's of the sponosred children are asked to provide some volunteer work for VICODEC. In this case they are cleaning the campus before the children arrive back at school. In Kenya children are in class for 3 months and off for 1 month. The children return on Monday.

When the bulk food arrives at VICODEC it has to be measured and sorted. At this time, we have 64 children sponsored so we obviously had to make up 64 separate bags.

Here Lori is adding flour to each bag and Michelle is working on preparing the bags for incoming food items.

Alison making sure the bags are filled properly and Wallie and Julie are measuring rice!

Here are the parents that came to pick up there food and meet all of us.

 If you can, please watch this video of a young girl, who is new to VICODEC, recite a poem she wrote in front of the parents and staff. She is remarkable and the poem is very fitting to how the families and children feel about the sponsorship program.

I'm going to sign off with this photo of Ann meeting the mama of her sponsored child. A picture is worth a thousand words...